Effects of low-frequency thalamic deep brain stimulation in essential tremor patients

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 248, Issue , 2013, Pages 205-212

  Pedrosa, David J ^a   Auth, Michelle ^a   Eggers, Carsten ^a   Timmermann, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Essential tremor; Intentional tremor; Postural tremor; Subthalamic white matter; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTRODE; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENTIONAL TREMOR; LOW FREQUENCY STIMULATION THALAMIC DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; POSTURAL TREMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREMOR; TREMOR RATING SCALE;

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; INTENTIONAL TREMOR; POSTURAL TREMOR; SUBTHALAMIC WHITE MATTER; THALAMUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880023725     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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