Neuronal firing in the ventrolateral thalamus of patients with Parkinson's disease differs from that with essential tremor

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 695-701

  Chen, Hai ^a   Zhuang, Ping ^a   Miao, Su Hua ^a   Yuan, Gao ^a   Zhang, Yu Qing ^a   Li, Jian Yu ^a   Li, Yong Jie ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Essential tremor; Microelectrodes; Parkinson disease; Ventrolateral thalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; PARKINSON DISEASE; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMOTOMY; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PARKINSON DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 77949816843     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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