High‐frequency unilateral thalamic stimulation in the treatment of essential and parkinsonian tremor

C. Koller, William; Pahwa, Rajesh; Busenbark, Karen; Hubble, Jean; Wilkinson, Steve; E. Lang, Anthony; Tuite, Paul; Sime, Elspeth; Lazano, Andres; A. Hauser, Robert; Malapira, Teresita; Max Smith, D.; Tarsy, Daniel; Miyawaki, Edison; Norregaard, Thorkild; C. Kormos, Theresa; Warren Olanow, C.

doi:10.1002/ana.410420304

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High‐frequency unilateral thalamic stimulation in the treatment of essential and parkinsonian tremor

Published in Annals of Neurology • Sep 1, 1997

Authors:

William C. Koller

Rajesh Pahwa

Karen Busenbark

Abstract

Pharmacologic treatment for essential tremor and the tremor of Parkinson's disease is often inadequate. Stereotaxic surgery, such as thalamotomy, can effectively reduce tremors. We performed a multicenter trial of unilateral high-frequency stimulation of the ventral intermedius nucleus of the thalam...

Subject

Essential tremor

Thalamotomy

Thalamic stimulator

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