Effect of stimulation frequency on tremor suppression in essential tremor

Movement Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1163-1168

  Ushe, Mwiza ^a,b   Mink, Jonathan W ^c   Revilla, Fredy J ^a,d   Wernle, Angie ^a   Schneider Gibson, Patricia ^a,d   McGee Minnich, Lori ^a   Hong, Minna ^a,d   Rich, Keith M ^d   Lyons, Kelly E ^e   Pahwa, Rajesh ^e   Perlmutter, Joel S ^a,b,d,f  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Kinematics; PET; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTRODE; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ADULT; AGED; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 7244244006     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20231     Document Type: Article

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