Individual fiber anatomy of the subthalamic region revealed with diffusion tensor imaging: A concept to identify the deep brain stimulation target for tremor suppression

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1069-1076

  Coenen, Volker A ^a   Mädler, Burkhard ^a   Schiffbauer, Hagen ^a   Urbach, Horst ^a   Allert, Niels ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Neurological Rehabilitation Center Godeshoehe   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fiber tracking; Thalamus; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CELL TRACKING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SUBTHALAMUS; TREMOR;

AGED; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SUBTHALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREMOR;

EID: 79952900432     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31820a1a20     Document Type: Article

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