Selecting the Most Effective DBS Contact in Essential Tremor Patients Based on Individual Tractography

Selecting the Most Effective DBS Contact in Essential Tremor Patients Based on Individual Tractography

Postoperative choice of the most effective deep brain stimulation (DBS) contact in patients with essential tremor (ET) so far relies on lengthy clinical testing. Previous studies showed that the postoperative effectiveness of DBS contacts depends on the distance to the dentatorubrothalamic tract (DR...

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Main Authors: Jan Niklas Petry-Schmelzer, Till A. Dembek, Julia K. Steffen, Hannah Jergas, Haidar S. Dafsari, Gereon R. Fink, Veerle Visser-Vandewalle, Michael T. Barbe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-12-01
Series:Brain Sciences
Subjects:
essential tremor
dentatorubrothalamic tract
volume of tissue activated
deep brain stimulation
tractography
automated programming
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/12/1015

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