Deep brain stimulation for essential tremor versus essential tremor plus: should we target the same spot in the thalamus?

Deep brain stimulation for essential tremor versus essential tremor plus: should we target the same spot in the thalamus?

BackgroundAlthough ET is a phenomenologically heterogeneous condition, thalamic DBS appears to be equally effective across subtypes. We hypothesized stimulation sites optimized for individuals with essential tremor (ET) would differ from individuals with essential tremor plus syndrome (ET-plus). We...

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Main Authors: Cherry H. Yu, Daniel H. Lench, Christine Cooper, Nathan C. Rowland, Istvan Takacs, Gonzalo Revuelta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
essential tremor
essential tremor plus
deep brain stimulation
DBS target
VIM
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2023.1271046/full

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