Open AccessTHALAMIC DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION FOR ESSENTIAL TREMOR
Author(s) -
Efstathios Papavassiliou,
Geoff Rau,
Susan Heath,
Aviva Abosch,
Nicholas M. Barbaro,
Paul Larson,
Kathleen R. Lamborn,
Philip A. Starr
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1227/01.neu.0000316290.83360.7e
Subject(s) - deep brain stimulation , essential tremor , posterior commissure , medicine , thalamus , lead (geology) , magnetic resonance imaging , thalamotomy , commissure , anatomy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , radiology , nucleus , parkinson's disease , geology , disease , geomorphology , psychiatry
Thalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) is commonly used to treat essential tremor, but the optimal lead location within the thalamus has not been systematically evaluated. We examined the relation of lead location to clinical outcome in a series of essential tremor patients treated by thalamic DBS.