SUMMARY: Imitation and utilization behavior have previously been described in terms of a simple interaction between an examiner and a patient, and were interpreted as an excessive dependence on environmental cues. In this study, patient dependence was observed in complex …
SUMMARY: The authors establish the relationships between cerebrovascular system and DBS targets and investigate the feasibility of endovascular stimulation as an alternative to DBS. Neuroanatomical targets as employed during deep brain stimulation (anterior limb of the internal capsule, dentatorubrothalamic tract, …
SUMMARY: Background: Report of the first case of a cerebral palsy patient, who failed to recover 2 years after GPi DBS; DBS was administered on both superior cerebellar peduncles (SCPs) and dentate nuclei (DNs). The monopolar stimulation results suggested that …
SUMMARY: A patient with very severe ET and major brain atrophy was operated with bilateral DBS of the nucleus dentatus with impressive results as seen on video with blinded evaluation available here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2020.12.001 COMMENTS: The dentate has been a target …
SUMMARY: Mutations in the lysine methyltransferase 2B (KMT2B) gene have recently been reported to be associated with childhood-onset generalized dystonia. Three patients underwent either a staged unilateral pallidotomy and contralateral pallidothalamic tractotomy (19-year-old man, 2-year follow-up), a unilateral pallidothalamic tractotomy …
SUMMARY: A series of cases successfully treated by Raprl radiofrequency (RF) lesions: Six patients with predominant unilateral tremor on the right arm: 4 intention, 1 cerebellar and 1 rubral tremor. RF lesions were performed in Raprl. at 1-year follow-up, in …
SUMMARY: The authors retrospectively analyzed patients with primary CD who underwent unilateral pallidotomy after Selective peripheral denervation (SPD). At a mean final follow-up of 5 years, TWSTRS severity subscores and total scores were significantly improved (n = 12, mean improvement …
SUMMARY: A 48-year-old man presented with abdominal dystonia and complaints of involuntary undulating and contraction movements of his left abdominal wall for 5 years. Lesioning of the right GPi successfully relieved his symptoms. The symptoms recurred at 3 months and …
SUMMARY: The electrophysiological properties of previously MRgFUS-sonicated thalamic neurons have not yet been described. We report on an ET patient who underwent an MRgFUS thalamotomy but experienced tremor recurrence. We expanded the MRgFUS-induced thalamic cavity using radiofrequency (RF), with good …
SUMMARY: Retrospective chart review of all patients that underwent radiofrequency ablation of the STN or GPi through indwelling DBS leads performed prior to hardware removal at our institution. We generated patient specific anatomical models to determine lesion locations and volumes. …