Deep brain stimulation for essential tremor: Targeting the dentato-rubro-thalamic tract?

Neuromodulation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 105-112

  Schlaier, Juergen ^a   Anthofer, Judith ^a   Steib, Kathrin ^a   Fellner, Claudia ^a   Rothenfusser, Eva ^a   Brawanski, Alexander ^a   Lange, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

DBS; DRTT; DTI; electrode placement; essential tremor; MRI; VIM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DENTATO RUBRO THALAMIC TRACT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; RED NUCLEUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THALAMUS;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RED NUCLEUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 84923535920     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ner.12238     Document Type: Article

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