Comparison of VIM and STN DBS for Parkinsonian Resting and Postural/Action Tremor

<p><strong>Background</strong>: Resting tremor is common in Parkinson&rsquo;s disease (PD), but up to 47% of PD patients have action tremor, which is sometimes resistant to medications. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the ventral intermediate nucleus (VIM) of the thalamus or su...

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Main Authors: Raminder Parihar, Ron Alterman, Efstathios Papavassiliou, Daniel Tarsy, Ludy C. Shih
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2015-07-01
Series:Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Online Access:https://tremorjournal.org/index.php/tremor/article/view/321