Bilateral deep brain stimulation of the ventral intermediate nucleus of the thalamus for posttraumatic midbrain tremor

Neuromodulation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 289-291

  Follett, Matthew A ^a   Torres Russotto, Diego ^b   Follett, Kenneth A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DBS; Holmes tremor; rubral tremor; Vim

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATAXIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR STIMULATOR; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSTONIA; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HAND TREMOR; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LETTER; LIMB TREMOR; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; POSTTRAUMATIC MIDBRAIN TREMOR; RATING SCALE; SPEECH DISORDER; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; THE ESSENTIAL TREMOR RATING ASSESSMENT SCALE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREMOR; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN INJURY; COMPLICATION; LACUNAR STROKE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THALAMUS; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN INJURIES; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE, LACUNAR; THALAMUS; TREMOR; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 84899964883     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ner.12096     Document Type: Letter

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