Neuronal activity of ventrolateral thalamus in patients with essential tremor

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 620-624

  Miao, Su Hua ^a   Zhuang, Ping ^a   Li, Jian Yu ^a   Li, Yong Jie ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Essential tremor; Microelectrode; Parkinson's disease; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LIMB; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PARKINSON DISEASE; THALAMOTOMY; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954920258     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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