Deep brain stimulation in the posterior subthalamic area in the treatment of essential tremor

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1350-1356

  Blomstedt, Patric ^a   Sandvik, Ulrika ^a   Tisch, Stephen ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

DBS; Essential tremor; Posterior subthalamic area; Prelemniscal radiation; Zona incerta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYSPHASIA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBTHALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954994285     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22758     Document Type: Article

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