Thalamic Ventral Intermediate Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation for Orthostatic Tremor

BACKGROUND: Orthostatic tremor (OT) was first described in 1977. It is characterized by rapid tremor of 13–18 Hz and can be recorded in the lower limbs and trunk muscles. OT remains difficult to treat, although some success has been reported with deep brain stimulation (DBS). CASE REPORT: We report...

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Autores principales: Lehn, Alexander C., O’Gorman, Cullen, Olson, Sarah, Salari, Mehri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Columbia University Libraries/Information Services 2017
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5628322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28983421
http://dx.doi.org/10.7916/D8280JHR
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description BACKGROUND: Orthostatic tremor (OT) was first described in 1977. It is characterized by rapid tremor of 13–18 Hz and can be recorded in the lower limbs and trunk muscles. OT remains difficult to treat, although some success has been reported with deep brain stimulation (DBS). CASE REPORT: We report a 68‐year‐old male with OT who did not improve significantly after bilateral thalamic stimulation. DISCUSSION: Although some patients were described who improved after DBS surgery, more information is needed about the effect of these treatment modalities on OT, ideally in the form of randomized trial data.
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spelling pubmed-56283222017-10-05 Thalamic Ventral Intermediate Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation for Orthostatic Tremor Lehn, Alexander C. O’Gorman, Cullen Olson, Sarah Salari, Mehri Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y) Case Reports BACKGROUND: Orthostatic tremor (OT) was first described in 1977. It is characterized by rapid tremor of 13–18 Hz and can be recorded in the lower limbs and trunk muscles. OT remains difficult to treat, although some success has been reported with deep brain stimulation (DBS). CASE REPORT: We report a 68‐year‐old male with OT who did not improve significantly after bilateral thalamic stimulation. DISCUSSION: Although some patients were described who improved after DBS surgery, more information is needed about the effect of these treatment modalities on OT, ideally in the form of randomized trial data. Columbia University Libraries/Information Services 2017-07-19 /pmc/articles/PMC5628322/ /pubmed/28983421 http://dx.doi.org/10.7916/D8280JHR Text en © 2017 Lehn et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution–Noncommerical–No Derivatives License, which permits the user to copy, distribute, and transmit the work provided that the original author and source are credited; that no commercial use is made of the work; and that the work is not altered or transformed.
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Thalamic Ventral Intermediate Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation for Orthostatic Tremor
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title_sort thalamic ventral intermediate nucleus deep brain stimulation for orthostatic tremor
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5628322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28983421
http://dx.doi.org/10.7916/D8280JHR
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