The Utility of Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Neuromodulation: Moving Beyond Conventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Tohyama S, Walker MR, Sammartino F, Krishna V, Hodaie M. N Neuromodulation 2020 Jun;23(4):427-435. SUMMARY: The authors state that DTI holds promise for enhancing neuromodulation targeting …
Deep brain stimulation in the caudal zona incerta modulates the sensorimotor cerebello-cerebral circuit in essential tremor. Awad A, Blomstedt P, Westling G, Eriksson J. Neuroimage. 2020 Apr 1;209:116511. SUMMARY: The authors used functional MRI in 16 essential tremor patients chronically …
Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Long Term Naturalistic Follow Up Study in a Single Institution. Holland MT, Trapp NT, McCormick LM, Jareczek FJ, Zanaty M, Close LN, Beeghly J, Greenlee JDW.Front Psychiatry. 2020 Feb 28;11:55. SUMMARY: 9 severely …
Individual white matter bundle trajectories are associated with deep brain stimulation response in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Liebrand LC, Caan MWA, Schuurman PR, van den Munckhof P, Figee M, Denys D, van Wingen GA. Brain Stimul. 2019 Mar – Apr;12(2):353-360. SUMMARY: The …
Efficacy of Deep Brain Stimulation of the Ventral Anterior Limb of the Internal Capsule for Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Clinical Cohort of 70 Patients. Denys D, Graat I, Mocking R, de Koning P, Vulink N, Figee M, Ooms P, Mantione …
PSA and VIM DBS efficiency in essential tremor depends on distance to the dentatorubrothalamic tract. Dembek TA, Petry-Schmelzer JN, Reker P, Wirths J, Hamacher S, Steffen J, Dafsari HS, Hövels M, Fink GR, Visser-Vandewalle V, Barbe MT. Neuroimage Clin. 2020 …
Bilateral Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation in Elderly Patients With Parkinson Disease: A Case-Control Study. Mitchell KT, Younce JR, Norris SA, Tabbal SD, Dowling JL, Rich KM, Perlmutter JS, Ushe M. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) . 2020 Sep 1;19(3):234-240. SUMMARY: The …
Cerebellar Deep Brain Stimulation for Acquired Hemidystonia. Brown EG, Bledsoe IO, Luthra NS, Miocinovic S, Starr PA, Ostrem JL. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2020 Jan 8;7(2):188-193. SUMMARY: Since GPi DBS is traditionally less effective in acquired dystonia, the authors evaluated …
Debugging Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease. Little S, Brown P. Mov Disord. 2020 Apr;35(4):555-561. SUMMARY: In adaptive DBS, stimulation is titrated according to feedback about clinical state and underlying pathophysiology. This contrasts with conventional stimulation, which is fixed …
Using Preimplanted Deep Brain Stimulation Electrodes for Rescue Thalamotomy in a Case of Holmes Tremor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Razmkon A, Yousefi O, Vaidyanathan J. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2020 Mar 25:1-6. SUMMARY: A patient with Holmes …