Effects of deep brain stimulation of the cerebellothalamic pathways on the sense of smell

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 144-152

  Kronenbuerger, M ^a   Zobel, S ^a   Ilgner, J ^b   Finkelmeyer, A ^b   Reinacher, P ^b   Coenen, V A ^b,c   Wilms, H ^d   Kloss, M ^d   Kiening, K ^d   Daniels, C ^e   Falk, D ^e   Schulz, J B ^a   Deuschl, G ^e   Hummel, T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Essential tremor; Memory; Olfacto motor loop; Olfactory testing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THALAMUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBELLUM; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODORS; SMELL; THALAMUS;

EID: 77649339776     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.12.024     Document Type: Article

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