Treating post-traumatic tremor with deep brain stimulation: Report of five cases

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1100-1105

  Issar, Neil M ^a   Hedera, Peter ^b   Phibbs, Fenna T ^b   Konrad, Peter E ^b   Neimat, Joseph S ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Globus pallidus internus; Post traumatic; Tremor; Ventral intermediate nucleus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DYSTONIA; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAHN TOLOSA MARIN TREMOR RATING SCALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS INTERNUS; HAND TREMOR; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; POSTTRAUMATIC TREMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SPASTICITY; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TREMOR; VENTRAL INTERMEDIATE NUCLEUS; WHIGET TREMOR RATING SCALE;

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS INTERNUS; POST-TRAUMATIC; TREMOR; VENTRAL INTERMEDIATE NUCLEUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889080734     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2013.07.022     Document Type: Article

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