Worsening essential tremor following deep brain stimulation: Disease progression versus tolerance

Brain

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1455-1462

  Favilla, Christopher G ^a   Ullman, David ^a   Wagle Shukla, Aparna ^a   Foote, Kelly D ^a   Jacobson, Charles E ^a   Okun, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DBS; disease progression; essential tremor; tolerance; ventralis intermedius nucleus

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PRIMIDONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTRALIS INTERMEDIUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 84860642814     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws026     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Alesch F, Pinter MM, Helscher RJ, Fertl L, Benabid AL, Koos WT. Stimulation of the ventral intermediate thalamic nucleus in tremor dominated Parkinson's disease and essential tremor. Acta Neurochir 1995; 136: 75-81.
2. Axelrad JE, Louis ED, Honig LS, Flores I, Ross GW, Pahwa R, et al. Reduced purkinje cell number in essential tremor: a postmortem study. Arch Neurol 2008; 65: 101-7.
3. Benabid AL, Pollak P, Gao D, Hoffman D, Limousin, Gay E, et al. Chronic electrical stimulation of the ventralis intermedius nucleus of the thalamus as a treatment of movement disorders. J Neurosurg 1996; 84: 203-14.
4. Benabid AL, Pollack P, Gervason C, Hoffman D, Gao DM, Hommel M, et al. Long-term suppression of tremor by chronic stimulation of the ventral intermediate thalamic nucleus. Lancet 1991; 337: 403-6.
5. Blahak C, Bäzner H, Capelle HH, Wöhrle JC, Weigel R, Hennerici MG, Krauss JK. Rapid response of parkinsonian tremor to STN-DBS changes: direct modulation of oscillatory basal ganglia activity? Mov Disord 2009; 24: 1221-5.
6. Hariz MI, Shamsgovara P, Johansson F, Hariz G, Fodstad H. Tolerance and tremor rebound following long-term chronic thalamic stimulation for parkinsonian and essential tremor. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 1999; 72: 208-18.
7. Jankovic J. Essential tremor: A heterogenous disorder. Mov Disord 2002; 17: 638-44.
8. Koller WC, Lyons KE, Wilkinson SB, Troster AI, Pawha R. Long-term safety and efficacy of unilateral deep brain stimulation of the thalamus in essential tremor. Mov Disord 2001; 16: 464-8.
9. Kumar R, Lozano AM, Sime E, Lang AE. Long-term follow-up of thalamic deep brain stimulation for essential and parkinsonian tremor. Neurology 2003; 61: 1601-4.
10. Lee JY, Kondziolka D. Thalamic deep brain stimulation for management of essential tremor. J Neurosurg 2005; 103: 400-3.
11. Lopiano L, Torre E, Benedetti F, Bergamasco B, Perozzo P, Pollo A, et al. Temporal changes in movement time during the switch of the stimulators in Parkinson's disease patients treated by subthalamic nucleus stimulation. Eur Neurol 2003; 50: 94-9.
12. Louis ED. Essential tremors: a family of neurodegenerative disorders? Arch Neurol 2009; 66: 1202-8.
13. Louis ED, Agnew A, Gillman A, Gerbin M, Viner AS. Estimating annual rate of decline: prospective, longitudinal data on arm tremor severity in two groups of essential tremor cases. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2011; 82: 761-5.
14. Louis ED, Faust PL, Vonsattel JPG, Honig LS, Henchcliffe C, Pahwa R, et al. Older onset essential tremor: more rapid progression and more degenerative pathology. Mov Disord 2009; 24: 1606-12.
15. Louis ED, Faust PL, Vonsattel JP, Honig LS, Rajput A, Pahwa R, et al. Neuropathological changes in essential tremor: 33 cases compared with 21 controls. Brain 2007; 130: 3297-307.
16. Louis ED, Ford B, Barnes LF. Clinical subtypes of essential tremor. Arch Neurol 2000; 57: 1194-8.
17. Pilitsis JG, Metman LV, Toleikis JR, Hughes LE, Sani SB, Bakay RAE. Factors involved in long-term efficacy of deep brain stimulation of the thalamus for essential tremor. J Neurosurg 2008; 109: 640-646.
18. Putzke JD, Whaley NR, Baba , Wszolek ZK, Uitti RJ. Essential tremor: predictors of disease progression in a clinical cohort. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2006; 77: 1235-7.
19. Ruiz PJG, Igneson JM, Ferro OL, Martin C, Ascone CM. Deep brain stimulation holidays in essential tremor. J Neurol 2001; 248: 725-6.
20. Spanaki C, Plaitakis A. Essential tremor in Parkinson's disease kindreds from a population of similar genetic background. Mov Disord 2009; 24: 1662-8.
21. Stacy MA, Elble RJ, Ondo WG, Wu SC, Hulihan J. TRS Study Group. Assessment of interrater and intrarater reliability of the Fain-Tolosa-Marin Tremor Rating Scale in essential tremor. Mov Disord 2007; 22: 833-8.
22. Sulica L, Louis ED. Clinical characteristics of essential voice tremor. A study of 34 cases. Laryngoscope 2010; 120: 516-28.
23. Sydow O, Thobois S, Alesch F, Speelman JD. Multicentre European study of thalamic stimulation in essential tremor: a six year follow up. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003; 74: 1387-91.
24. Temperli P, Ghika J, Villemure JG, Burkhard PR, Bogousslavsky J, Vingerhoets FJ. How do parkinsonian signs return after discontinuation of subthalamic DBS? Neurology 2003; 60: 78-81.
25. Zhang K, Bhatia S, Oh MY, Cohen D, Angle C, Whiting D. Long-term results of thalamic deep brain stimulation for essential tremor. J Neurosurg 2010; 112: 1271-6.