Advances in technical aspects of deep brain stimulation surgery

M Schulder, A Mishra, A Mammis, A Horn… - Stereotactic and …, 2023 - karger.com
Background: Deep brain stimulation has become an established technology for the
treatment of patients with a wide variety of conditions, including movement disorders …

Deep-brain stimulation for essential tremor and other tremor syndromes: A narrative review of current targets and clinical outcomes

C Iorio-Morin, A Fomenko, SK Kalia - Brain Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tremor is a prevalent symptom associated with multiple conditions, including essential
tremor (ET), Parkinson's disease (PD), multiple sclerosis (MS), stroke and trauma. The …

Probabilistic mapping reveals optimal stimulation site in essential tremor

A Nowacki, S Barlatey, B Al‐Fatly, T Dembek… - Annals of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The objective of this study was to obtain individual clinical and neuroimaging data
of patients undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS) for essential tremor (ET) from 5 different …

Personalizing deep brain stimulation using advanced imaging sequences

C Neudorfer, D Kroneberg, B Al‐Fatly… - Annals of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective With a growing appreciation for interindividual anatomical variability and patient‐
specific brain connectivity, advanced imaging sequences offer the opportunity to directly …

[HTML][HTML] The role of the motor thalamus in deep brain stimulation for essential tremor

C Neudorfer, K Kultas-Ilinsky, I Ilinsky, S Paschen… - …, 2024 - Elsevier
The advent of next-generation technology has significantly advanced the implementation
and delivery of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for Essential Tremor (ET), yet controversies …

Double lesion MRgFUS treatment of essential tremor targeting the thalamus and posterior sub-thalamic area: preliminary study with two year follow-up

A Jameel, W Gedroyc, D Nandi, B Jones… - British Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is an effective treatment for essential
tremor (ET). However, the optimal intracranial target sites remain to be determined …

Improving tremor response to focused ultrasound thalamotomy

JM Holcomb, R Chopra, FS Feltrin… - Brain …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
MRI-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound thalamotomy is an incisionless therapy for
essential tremor. To reduce adverse effects, the field has migrated to treating at 2 mm above …

Direct visualization and characterization of the human zona incerta and surrounding structures

JC Lau, Y Xiao, RAM Haast, G Gilmore… - Human brain …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The zona incerta (ZI) is a small gray matter region of the deep brain first identified in the 19th
century, yet direct in vivo visualization and characterization has remained elusive …

Techniques, indications, and outcomes in magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for tremor

S Maesawa, D Nakatsubo, T Tsugawa… - Neurologia medico …, 2021 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Magnetic resonance (MR)-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) is the latest
minimally invasive stereotactic procedure, and thalamotomy using this novel modality has …

Deep brain stimulation with double targeting of the VIM and PSA for the treatment of rare tremor syndromes

A Yilmaz, HA Eray, M Cakir, M Ceylan… - Stereotactic and …, 2024 - karger.com
Introduction: In tremor syndromes, pharmacological therapy is the primary treatment, but
deep brain stimulation (DBS) is used when it is insufficient. We explore the use of DBS …