Gait ataxia in essential tremor is differentially modulated by thalamic stimulation

Brain

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3635-3648

  Fasano, Alfonso ^a,b,c   Herzog, Jan ^a   Raethjen, Jan ^a   Rose, Franziska E M ^a   Muthuraman, Muthuraman ^a   Volkmann, Jens ^a   Falk, Daniela ^a   Elble, Rodger ^a,d   Deuschl, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ataxia; cerebellar loop; cerebellum; deep brain stimulation; supra therapeutic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KINESIOLOGY; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; TREADMILL; TRUNK;

EID: 78649869049     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awq267     Document Type: Article

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