Various surgical techniques and pharmaceutical treatments have been developed to
improve the current technologies of treating brain diseases. Focused ultrasound (FUS) is a …

Background: Tremor is one of the most prevalent symptoms in Parkinson's Disease (PD).
The progression and management of tremor in PD can be challenging, as response to …

Background In patients with medically refractory essential tremor, unilateral magnetic
resonance–guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy can improve contralateral tremor …

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate, at 4 and 5 years posttreatment, the
long-term safety and efficacy of unilateral MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) …

Historically, pathological brain lesions provided the foundation for localization of symptoms
and therapeutic lesions were used as a treatment for brain diseases. New medications …

Importance Unilateral magnetic resonance–guided focused ultrasound ablation of ventralis
intermedius nucleus of the thalamus for essential tremor reduces tremor on 1 side, but …

Staged, open-surgical lesioning of the thalamic ventral intermediate nucleus to abate
medication-refractory essential tremor (mrET) has been historically associated with a high …

Tremor is a debilitating symptom that can lead to functional impairment. Pharmacotherapy is
often successful, but up to 50% of patients are resistant to medications or cannot tolerate …

Background MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is an effective treatment for essential
tremor (ET). However, the optimal intracranial target sites remain to be determined …

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