Deep brain stimulation of the dentate nucleus improves cerebellar ataxia after cerebellar stroke

Neurology

Volumn 85, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 2075-2076

  Teixeira, Manoel J ^a   Cury, Rubens Gisbert ^a,b   Galhardoni, Ricardo ^a   Barboza, Victor Rossetto ^a   Brunoni, Andre R ^a   Alho, Eduardo ^a   Lepski, Guilherme ^a,c   Ciampi De Andrade, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b São Paulo Cancer Institute Octavio Frias de Oliveira   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PRIMIDONE;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; DENTATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE STIMULATOR; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREMOR; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; STROKE;

CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE;

EID: 84949495280     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002204     Document Type: Article

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