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Hopfner F, Buhmann C, Classen J, Holtbernd F, Klebe S, Koschel J, Kohl Z, Paus S, Pedrosa DJ. Tips and tricks in tremor treatment. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2024:10.1007/s00702-024-02806-x. [PMID: 39043978 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-024-02806-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2024] [Accepted: 07/04/2024] [Indexed: 07/25/2024]
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Tremor, whether arising from neurological diseases, other conditions, or medication side effects, significantly impacts patients' lives. Treatment complexities necessitate clear algorithms and strategies. Levodopa remains pivotal for Parkinson's tremor, though response variability exists. Some dopamine agonists offer notable tremor reduction targeting D2 receptors. Propranolol effectively manages essential tremor and essential tremor plus (ET/ET +), sometimes with primidone for added benefits, albeit dose-dependent side effects. As reserve medications anticholinergics and clozapine are used for treatment of parkinsonian tremor, 1-Octanol and certain anticonvulsant drugs for tremor of other orign, especially ET. Therapies such as invasive deep brain stimulation and lesional focused ultrasound serve for resistant cases. A medication review is crucial for all forms of tremor, but it is particularly important if medication may have triggered the tremor. Sensor-based detection and non-drug interventions like wristbands and physical therapy broaden diagnostic and therapeutic horizons, promising future tremor care enhancements. Understanding treatment nuances is a key for tailored tremor management respecting patient needs and tolerability. Successful strategies integrate pharmacological, non-invasive, and technological modalities, aiming for optimal symptom control and improved quality of life.
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- Franziska Hopfner
- Department of Neurology, Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik mit Friedrich Baur Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Campus Großhadern, Marchioninistraße 15, 81377, Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Leipzig University Medical Center, Liebigstraße 20, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstraße 30, Aachen, Germany
- JARA-BRAIN Institute Molecular Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, Juelich Research Center GmbH and RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Essen University Hospital, 45147, Essen, Germany
- Department of Neurology, Knappschaftskrankenhaus Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany
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- Parkinson-Klinik Ortenau, GmbH & Co KG, Kreuzbergstraße 12-16, 77709, Wolfach, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, GFO Clinics Troisdorf, Troisdorf, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Centre for Mind, Brain and Behaviour, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Stenmark Persson R, Fytagoridis A, Ryzhkov M, Hariz M, Blomstedt P. Long-Term Follow-Up of Unilateral Deep Brain Stimulation Targeting the Caudal Zona Incerta in 13 Patients with Parkinsonian Tremor. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 2023; 101:369-379. [PMID: 37879313 DOI: 10.1159/000533793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an established treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD) and other movement disorders. The ventral intermediate nucleus of the thalamus is considered as the target of choice for tremor disorders, including tremor-dominant PD not suitable for DBS in the subthalamic nucleus (STN). In the last decade, several studies have shown promising results on tremor from DBS in the posterior subthalamic area (PSA), including the caudal zona incerta (cZi) located posteromedial to the STN. The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term effect of unilateral cZi/PSA-DBS in patients with tremor-dominant PD. METHODS Thirteen patients with PD with medically refractory tremor were included. The patients were evaluated using the motor part of the Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) off/on medication before surgery and off/on medication and stimulation 1-2 years (short-term) after surgery and at a minimum of 3 years after surgery (long-term). RESULTS At short-term follow-up, DBS improved contralateral tremor by 88% in the off-medication state. This improvement persisted after a mean of 62 months. Contralateral bradykinesia was improved by 40% at short-term and 20% at long-term follow-up, and the total UPDRS-III by 33% at short-term and by 22% at long-term follow-up with stimulation alone. CONCLUSIONS Unilateral cZi/PSA-DBS seems to remain an effective treatment for patients with severe Parkinsonian tremor several years after surgery. There was also a modest improvement on bradykinesia.
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Neurosurgery, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Cranial and Spinal Technologies, Medtronic, Lafayette, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Clinical Science, Neurosciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical Science, Neurosciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Li J, Peng S, Zhang Y, Ge J, Gao S, Zhu Y, Bai Y, Wu S, Huang J. Glutamatergic Neurons in the Zona Incerta Modulate Pain and Itch Behaviors in Mice. Mol Neurobiol 2023; 60:5866-5877. [PMID: 37354250 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-023-03431-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/26/2023]
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Emerging evidence suggest that parvalbumin neurons in zona incerta (ZI) modulate pain and itch behavior in opposite manners. However, the role of ZI glutamatergic neurons, a unique incertal neuronal subpopulation residing in the caudal division, in pain and itch modulation remains unknown. In the present study, by combining chemogenetic manipulation, fiber photometry, and behavioral tests, we proved that incertal glutamatergic neurons served as an endogenous negative diencephalic modulator for both pain and itch processing. We demonstrated that ZI vesicular glutamate transporter 2 (VGluT2) neurons exhibited increased calcium signal upon hindpaw withdrawal in response to experimental mechanical and thermal stimuli. Behavioral tests further showed that pharmacogenetic activation of this specific type of neurons reduced nocifensive withdrawal responses in both naïve and inflammatory pain mice. Similar neural activity and modulatory role of ZI VGluT2 neurons were also observed upon histaminergic and non-histaminergic acute itch stimuli. Together, our study would expedite our understandings of brain mechanisms underlying somatosensory processing and modulation, and supply a novel therapeutic target for the management of chronic pain and itch disorders.
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- Jiaqi Li
- Department of Neurobiology, Basic Medical Science Academy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Basic Medical Science Academy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Basic Medical Science Academy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Basic Medical Science Academy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Basic Medical Science Academy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Basic Medical Science Academy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, 110015, China.
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- Department of Neurobiology, Basic Medical Science Academy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China.
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- Department of Neurobiology, Basic Medical Science Academy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China.
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Navarro-Olvera JL, Velasco-Campos F, Jiménez-Ponce F, Aguado-Carrillo G, Beltrán JQ, Armas-Salazar A, Carrillo-Ruiz JD. Prognostic factors of unilateral prelemniscal radiations radiofrequency lesions: A surgical technique for the treatment of Parkinson's disease motor symptoms. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2023; 225:107588. [PMID: 36640737 DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2023.107588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE A group of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) were managed with unilateral prelemniscal radiation radiofrequency lesions (U-Raprl). The current study aims to evaluate prognostic factors that could influence clinical response. METHODS Patients previously diagnosed with PD managed with U-Raprl were included in the study, classifying them into two groups according to their percentage of clinical response (</≥ 50%) at 5 years of follow-up in relation to the part III of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS-III), analyzing the possible factors associated with their response (age, evolution of PD, Hoehn and Yahr scale (HYS), and levodopa dose). To show differences between groups before and after the intervention, a T-test was performed, and a Mann-Whitney U test was carried out to determine differences between the response groups, added to an effect size calculation using a Cohen's d (α = 0.05, and β = 0.20). RESULTS Thirty-four patients were included, where the most prevalent symptoms were tremor and rigidity, with 52.9% percentage of males, 59.3 ± 6.4 mean age, and 7.4 ± 2.1 of mean evolution of PD. Analysis shows differences between groups (p < 0.05) according to the HYS, UPDRS, and levodopa intake, after the intervention. The analysis of the groups according to their response showed differences between the HYS (p < 0.01, ∆ > 1.5), Age (p < 0.0001, ∆ = 2.38), Evolution (p < 0.0001, ∆ = 2.38), and post-operative UPDRS (p < 0.01, ∆ = 1.38). The qualitative analysis of the distribution regarding the responder group shows that those patients with an age under 58 years, an evolution fewer than 7 years, and a preoperative HYS score smaller than 2, showed a response ≥ 50% according to the UPDRS-III in all cases. CONCLUSION U-Raprl is a highly effective procedure with a 5-year persistence of improvement. The most relevant prognostic factors to consider for a clinical response according to UPDRS-III greater than 50% are age under 58 years, less than 7 years of PD evolution, and HYS less or equal to 3.
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- José Luis Navarro-Olvera
- Unit of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unit of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unit of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unit of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unit of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unit of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; Postgraduate department, School of Higher education in Medicine, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unit of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; Research Direction of General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; Neuroscience coordination, Psychology Faculty, Anahuac University Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Kamo H, Oyama G, Ito M, Iwamuro H, Umemura A, Hattori N. Deep brain stimulation in posterior subthalamic area for Holmes tremor: Case reports with review of the literature. Front Neurol 2023; 14:1139477. [PMID: 37034086 PMCID: PMC10076748 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1139477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023] Open
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Background Holmes tremor (HT) is a refractory tremor associated with cortico-basal ganglia loops and cerebellothalamic tract abnormalities. Various drug treatments have been attempted; however, no treatment method has yet been established. Historically, thalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been performed in medically refractory cases. Recently, the posterior subthalamic area (PSA) has been used for HT. Here, we report cases of HT and review the effectiveness and safety of PSA-DBS for HT. Cases We conducted a retrospective chart review of two patients with HT who underwent PSA-DBS. Improvement in tremors was observed 1 year after surgery without apparent complications. Literature review We identified 12 patients who underwent PSA-DBS for HT, including our cases. In six patients, PSA was targeted alone; for the rest, the ventralis intermediate nucleus (Vim) of the thalamus and PSA were simultaneously targeted. The Fahn-Tolosa-Marin Tremor Rating Scale improvement rates were 56.8% (range, 33.9-82.1%; n = 6) and 77.8% (range, 42.6-100%; n = 5) for the PSA-DBS and PSA+Vim-DBS, respectively. Conclusion Reasonable improvements in HT were observed after PSA-DBS. PSA might be an appropriate target for improving the symptoms of HT. Long-term observations, accumulation of cases, and randomized studies are required in future.
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- Hikaru Kamo
- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Neurodegenerative and Demented Disorders, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Home Medical Care System Based on Information and Communication Technology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Drug Development for Parkinson's Disease, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of PRO-Based Integrated Data Analysis in Neurological Disorders, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Research and Therapeutics for Movement Disorders, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Research and Therapeutics for Movement Disorders, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Research and Therapeutics for Movement Disorders, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Neurodegenerative and Demented Disorders, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Home Medical Care System Based on Information and Communication Technology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Drug Development for Parkinson's Disease, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of PRO-Based Integrated Data Analysis in Neurological Disorders, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Research and Therapeutics for Movement Disorders, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Research and Therapeutics for Movement Disorders, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Neurodegenerative Disorders Collaborative Laboratory, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako, Japan
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In vivo probabilistic atlas of white matter tracts of the human subthalamic area combining track density imaging and optimized diffusion tractography. Brain Struct Funct 2022; 227:2647-2665. [PMID: 36114861 PMCID: PMC9618529 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-022-02561-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The human subthalamic area is a region of high anatomical complexity, tightly packed with tiny fiber bundles. Some of them, including the pallidothalamic, cerebello-thalamic, and mammillothalamic tracts, are relevant targets in functional neurosurgery for various brain diseases. Diffusion-weighted imaging-based tractography has been suggested as a useful tool to map white matter pathways in the human brain in vivo and non-invasively, though the reconstruction of these specific fiber bundles is challenging due to their small dimensions and complex anatomy. To the best of our knowledge, a population-based, in vivo probabilistic atlas of subthalamic white matter tracts is still missing. In the present work, we devised an optimized tractography protocol for reproducible reconstruction of the tracts of subthalamic area in a large data sample from the Human Connectome Project repository. First, we leveraged the super-resolution properties and high anatomical detail provided by short tracks track-density imaging (stTDI) to identify the white matter bundles of the subthalamic area on a group-level template. Tracts identification on the stTDI template was also aided by visualization of histological sections of human specimens. Then, we employed this anatomical information to drive tractography at the subject-level, optimizing tracking parameters to maximize between-subject and within-subject similarities as well as anatomical accuracy. Finally, we gathered subject level tracts reconstructed with optimized tractography into a large-scale, normative population atlas. We suggest that this atlas could be useful in both clinical anatomy and functional neurosurgery settings, to improve our understanding of the complex morphology of this important brain region.
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Fox MD, Deuschl G. Converging on a neuromodulation target for tremor. Ann Neurol 2022; 91:581-584. [PMID: 35362142 DOI: 10.1002/ana.26361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Michael D Fox
- Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Neurology, UKSH, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Sandström L, Schalling E, Karlsson F, Blomstedt P, Hartelius L. Speech Function Following Deep Brain Stimulation of the Caudal Zona Incerta: Effects of Habitual and High-Amplitude Stimulation. JOURNAL OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING RESEARCH : JSLHR 2021; 64:2121-2133. [PMID: 33647213 DOI: 10.1044/2020_jslhr-20-00256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Purpose Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is often successful in alleviating motor symptoms of essential tremor (ET); however, DBS may also induce adverse speech effects. The caudal zona incerta (cZi) is a promising DBS target for tremor, but less is known about the consequences of cZi DBS for speech. This preliminary study examined how habitual cZi DBS and cZi stimulation at high amplitudes may affect speech function in persons with ET. Method Fourteen participants with ET were evaluated: off stimulation, on habitual cZi DBS, and with unilateral cZi stimulation at increasing stimulation amplitudes. At each stimulation condition, the participants read three 16-word sentences. Two speech-language pathologists made audio-perceptual consensus ratings of overall speech function, articulation, and voice using a visual sort and rate method. Rated functions when off stimulation, on habitual cZi DBS, and at maximal-amplitude stimulation were compared using Friedman nonparametric tests. For participants with bilateral habitual DBS (n = 5), the effects of bilateral and unilateral stimulation were described in qualitative terms. Results Habitual cZi DBS had no significant group-level effect on any of the investigated speech parameters. Maximal-amplitude stimulation had a small but significant negative effect on articulation. Participants with reduced articulatory precision (n = 9) had more medially placed electrodes than the nonaffected group (n = 5). Bilateral and unilateral left stimulation had comparable effects on speech. Conclusions Findings from this preliminary study of cZi DBS indicate that speech is generally not affected by stimulation at habitual levels. High-amplitude cZi stimulation may, however, induce adverse effects, particularly on articulation. Instances of decreased articulatory function were associated with stimulation of more medial electrode contacts, which could suggest cerebello-rubrospinal involvement.
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- Linda Sandström
- Division of Speech and Language Pathology, Department of Clinical Science, Umeå University, Sweden
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- Division of Speech and Language Pathology, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden
- Medical Unit of Speech and Language Pathology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Speech and Language Pathology, Department of Clinical Science, Umeå University, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Clinical Science, Umeå University Sweden
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- Speech and Language Pathology Unit, Department of Health and Rehabilitation, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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García-Gomar MG, Concha L, Soto-Abraham J, Tournier JD, Aguado-Carrillo G, Velasco-Campos F. Long-Term Improvement of Parkinson Disease Motor Symptoms Derived From Lesions of Prelemniscal Fiber Tract Components. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 2020; 19:539-550. [PMID: 32629480 DOI: 10.1093/ons/opaa186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Prelemniscal radiations (Raprl) are composed of different fiber tracts, connecting the brain stem and cerebellum with basal ganglia and cerebral cortex. In Parkinson disease (PD), lesions in Raprl induce improvement of tremor, rigidity, and bradykinesia in some patients, while others show improvement of only 1 or 2 symptoms, suggesting different fiber tracts mediate different symptoms. OBJECTIVE To search for correlations between improvements of specific symptoms with surgical lesions of specific fiber tract components of Raprl in patients with PD. METHODS A total of 10 patients were treated with unilateral radiofrequency lesions directed to Raprl. The improvement for tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia, posture, and gait was evaluated at 24 to 33 mo after operation through the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) score, and the precise location and extension of lesions through structural magnetic resonance imaging and probabilistic tractography at 6 to 8 mo postsurgery. Correlation between percentage of fiber tract involvement and percentage of UPDRS-III score improvement was evaluated through Spearman's correlation coefficient. RESULTS Group average improvement was 86% for tremor, 62% for rigidity, 56% for bradykinesia, and 45% for gait and posture. Improvement in global UPDRS score correlated with extent of lesions in fibers connecting with contralateral cerebellar cortex and improvement of posture and gait with fibers connecting with contralateral deep cerebellar nuclei. Lesion of fibers connecting the globus pallidum with pedunculopontine nucleus induced improvement of gait and posture over other symptoms. CONCLUSION Partial lesion of Raprl fibers resulted in symptom improvement at 2-yr follow-up. Lesions of selective fiber components may result in selective improvement of specific symptoms.
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- Institute of Neurobiology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Juriquilla, Juriquilla, Mexico
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- Unit for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Mexico, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Bioengineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, King's Health Partners, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom.,Centre for the Developing Brain, School of Bioengineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, King's Health Partners, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Unit for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Mexico, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Unit for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Mexico, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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Abstract
Essential tremor is one of the most common tremor syndromes. According to the recent tremor classification, tremor as a symptom is defined as an involuntary, rhythmic, oscillatory movement of a body part and is classified along two axes: axis 1-defining syndromes based on the clinical features such as historical features, tremor characteristics, associated signs, and laboratory tests; and axis 2-classifying the etiology (Bhatia et al., Mov Disord 33:75-87, 2018). The management of this condition has two major approaches. The first is to exclude treatable etiologies, as particularly during the onset of this condition the presentation of a variety of etiologies can be with monosymptomatic tremor. Once the few etiologies with causal treatments are excluded, all further treatment is symptomatic. Shared decision-making with enabling the patient to knowledgeably choose treatment options is needed to customize the management. Mild to moderate tremor severity can sometimes be controlled with occupational treatment, speech therapy of psychotherapy, or adaptation of coping strategy. First-line pharmacological treatments include symptomatic treatment with propranolol, primidone, and topiramate. Botulinum toxin is for selected cases. Invasive treatments for essential tremor should be considered for severe tremors. They are generally accepted as the most powerful interventions and provide not only improvement of tremor but also a significant improvement of life quality. The current standard is deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the thalamic and subthalamic region. Focused ultrasound thalamotomy is a new therapy attracting increasing interest. Radiofrequency lesioning is only rarely done if DBS or focused ultrasound is not possible. Radiosurgery is not well established. We present our treatment algorithm.
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- Franziska Hopfner
- Department of Neurology, UKSH, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Rosalind-Fraenklinstr. 10, 24105, Kiel, Germany
- Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, UKSH, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Rosalind-Fraenklinstr. 10, 24105, Kiel, Germany.
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Lau JC, Xiao Y, Haast RAM, Gilmore G, Uludağ K, MacDougall KW, Menon RS, Parrent AG, Peters TM, Khan AR. Direct visualization and characterization of the human zona incerta and surrounding structures. Hum Brain Mapp 2020; 41:4500-4517. [PMID: 32677751 PMCID: PMC7555067 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2020] [Revised: 05/31/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The zona incerta (ZI) is a small gray matter region of the deep brain first identified in the 19th century, yet direct in vivo visualization and characterization has remained elusive. Noninvasive detection of the ZI and surrounding region could be critical to further our understanding of this widely connected but poorly understood deep brain region and could contribute to the development and optimization of neuromodulatory therapies. We demonstrate that high resolution (submillimetric) longitudinal (T1) relaxometry measurements at high magnetic field strength (7 T) can be used to delineate the ZI from surrounding white matter structures, specifically the fasciculus cerebellothalamicus, fields of Forel (fasciculus lenticularis, fasciculus thalamicus, and field H), and medial lemniscus. Using this approach, we successfully derived in vivo estimates of the size, shape, location, and tissue characteristics of substructures in the ZI region, confirming observations only previously possible through histological evaluation that this region is not just a space between structures but contains distinct morphological entities that should be considered separately. Our findings pave the way for increasingly detailed in vivo study and provide a structural foundation for precise functional and neuromodulatory investigation.
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- Jonathan C Lau
- Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Division of Neurosurgery, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute Canada, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping, Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,School of Biomedical Engineering, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute Canada, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping, Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute Canada, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping, Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Division of Neurosurgery, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,School of Biomedical Engineering, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- IBS Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, N Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea.,Techna Institute and Koerner Scientist in MR Imaging, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Division of Neurosurgery, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute Canada, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping, Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Division of Neurosurgery, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Division of Neurosurgery, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute Canada, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping, Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,School of Biomedical Engineering, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Division of Neurosurgery, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute Canada, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping, Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,School of Biomedical Engineering, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,Brain and Mind Institute, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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Bruno S, Nikolov P, Hartmann CJ, Trenado C, Slotty PJ, Vesper J, Schnitzler A, Groiss SJ. Directional Deep Brain Stimulation of the Thalamic Ventral Intermediate Area for Essential Tremor Increases Therapeutic Window. Neuromodulation 2020; 24:343-352. [PMID: 32666569 DOI: 10.1111/ner.13234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 05/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the posterior subthalamic area (PSA) and the ventral intermediate thalamic nucleus (VIM) is a well-established therapy for essential tremor (ET), but it is frequently associated with side effects like dysarthria or gait ataxia. Directional DBS (dDBS) may be a way to activate fiber tracts more selectively. Is dDBS for ET superior to omnidirectional DBS (oDBS) regarding therapeutic window and clinically as effective as oDBS? MATERIALS AND METHODS Ten patients with ET treated with PSA/VIM-DBS were recruited. Therapeutic window served as primary outcome parameter; clinical efficacy, volume of neuronal activation, and total electrical energy delivered (TEED) served as secondary outcome parameters. Therapeutic window was calculated for all three dDBS directions and for oDBS by determining therapeutic thresholds and side effect thresholds. Clinical efficacy was assessed by comparing the effect of best dDBS and oDBS on tremor and ataxia rating scales, and accelerometry. Volume of neural activation and TEED were also calculated for both paradigms. RESULTS For best dDBS, therapeutic window was wider and therapeutic threshold was lower compared to oDBS. While side effect threshold did not differ, volume of neural activation was larger for dDBS. In terms of clinical efficacy, dDBS was as effective as oDBS. CONCLUSIONS dDBS for ET widens therapeutic window due to reduction of therapeutic threshold. Larger volume of neural activation for dDBS at side effect threshold supports the notion of persistent directionality even at higher intensities. dDBS may compensate for slightly misplaced leads and should be considered first line for PSA/VIM-DBS.
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- Sabine Bruno
- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.,Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.,Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.,Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Functional Neurosurgery and Stereotaxy, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Functional Neurosurgery and Stereotaxy, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.,Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.,Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Navarro-Olvera JL, Diaz-Martinez JA, Covaleda-Rodriguez JC, Carrillo-Ruiz JD, Soto-Abraham JE, Aguado-Carrillo G, Velasco-Campos F. Radiofrequency Ablation of Prelemniscal Radiations for the Treatment of Non-Parkinsonian Tremor. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 2020; 98:160-166. [PMID: 32340019 DOI: 10.1159/000505699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Previous reports proposed prelemniscal radiations (Raprl) as a target to treat motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease, and this was found particularly effective to control rest and postural tremor. However, tremor of other etiologies has been seldom treated with deep brain stimulation or ablation in this target. We present a series of such cases successfully treated by Raprl radiofrequency (RF) lesions. MATERIAL AND METHODS Six patients with predominant unilateral tremor on the right arm: 4 intention, 1 cerebellar and 1 rubral tremor, incapacitating in spite of at least 2 regimes of medical treatment at maximal tolerated doses, were operated under local anesthesia. RF lesions were performed in Raprl contralateral to most prominent symptoms. Patients had monthly evaluation of tremor severity through the Fahn-Tolosa-Marin Tremor Rating Scale and disability through the Tremor Disability Scale along a 1-year follow-up. RESULTS In 4/6 patients tremor was stopped by the simple insertion of an RF electrode in Raprl; in the other 2 cases, stimulation through the RF electrode at 100 Hz, with 100 µs and 1.0-1.5 V, stopped the tremor without side effects. Tremor disappeared in all cases immediately after surgery and partially reappeared in 2 cases with an amplitude about 20% of the preoperative condition. RF lesions in postoperative MRI ranked from 1.8 to 2.6 mm in diameter. CONCLUSIONS RF lesioning in Raprl is a simple, highly effective, inexpensive way to treat tremor of different etiologies.
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- Jose Luis Navarro-Olvera
- Unit of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico,
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- Unit of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unit of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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Gilmore G, Murgai A, Nazer A, Parrent A, Jog M. Zona incerta deep-brain stimulation in orthostatic tremor: efficacy and mechanism of improvement. J Neurol 2019; 266:2829-2837. [DOI: 10.1007/s00415-019-09505-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Revised: 08/03/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Spears CC, Almeida L, Okun MS, Deeb W. An Unusual Case of Essential Tremor Deep Brain Stimulation: Where is the Lead? TREMOR AND OTHER HYPERKINETIC MOVEMENTS (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2019; 9:617. [PMID: 30867977 PMCID: PMC6411417 DOI: 10.7916/d8-xj6w-cm53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Clinical Vignette A 73-year-old female with essential tremor (ET) underwent bilateral thalamic ventralis intermedius (Vim) deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery. The leads provided tremor benefit, but the location was suboptimal and contributed to stimulation-induced hemichorea. Clinical Dilemma Can patients with ET derive benefit when stimulating outside the Vim? What do we know about stimulation-induced hemichorea in the setting of ET? Clinical Solution Lead localization combined with advanced programming strategies can be employed to troubleshoot DBS in settings when benefits are observed along with adverse effects. Gap in Knowledge Sparse information exists about DBS when applied to neuroanatomic regions outside the Vim for the management of ET. Subthalamic nucleus DBS-induced chorea has been reported in multiple movement disorders, but not in ET.
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- C Chauncey Spears
- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US.,Fixel Center for Neurological Diseases, Program in Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, Department of Neurology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, US
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- Fixel Center for Neurological Diseases, Program in Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, Department of Neurology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, US
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- Fixel Center for Neurological Diseases, Program in Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, Department of Neurology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, US
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- Fixel Center for Neurological Diseases, Program in Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, Department of Neurology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, US
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Schreglmann SR, Krauss JK, Chang JW, Martin E, Werner B, Bauer R, Hägele-Link S, Bhatia KP, Kägi G. Functional lesional neurosurgery for tremor: back to the future? J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2018; 89:727-735. [PMID: 29269505 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2017-316301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2017] [Revised: 09/18/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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For nearly a century, functional neurosurgery has been applied in the treatment of tremor. While deep brain stimulation has been in the focus of academic interest in recent years, the establishment of incisionless technology, such as MRI-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound, has again stirred interest in lesional approaches.In this article, we will discuss the historical development of surgical technique and targets, as well as the technological state-of-the-art of conventional and incisionless interventions for tremor due to Parkinson's disease, essential and dystonic tremor and tremor related to multiple sclerosis (MS) and midbrain lesions. We will also summarise technique-inherent advantages of each technology and compare their lesion characteristics. From this, we identify gaps in the current literature and derive future directions for functional lesional neurosurgery, in particularly potential trial designs, alternative targets and the unsolved problem of bilateral lesional treatment. The results of a systematic review and meta-analysis of the consistency, efficacy and side effect rate of lesional treatments for tremor are presented separately alongside this article.
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- Sebastian R Schreglmann
- Department of Neurology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.,Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Focused Ultrasound, University of Zurich, Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Center for Focused Ultrasound, University of Zurich, Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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INTRODUCTION Essential tremor is the most common form of pathologic tremor. Surgical therapies disrupt tremorogenic oscillation in the cerebellothalamocortical pathway and are capable of abolishing severe tremor that is refractory to available pharmacotherapies. Surgical methods are raspidly improving and are the subject of this review. Areas covered: A PubMed search on 18 January 2018 using the query essential tremor AND surgery produced 839 abstracts. 379 papers were selected for review of the methods, efficacy, safety and expense of stereotactic deep brain stimulation (DBS), stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), focused ultrasound (FUS) ablation, and radiofrequency ablation of the cerebellothalamocortical pathway. Expert commentary: DBS and SRS, FUS and radiofrequency ablations are capable of reducing upper extremity tremor by more than 80% and are far more effective than any available drug. The main research questions at this time are: 1) the relative safety, efficacy, and expense of DBS, SRS, and FUS performed unilaterally and bilaterally; 2) the relative safety and efficacy of thalamic versus subthalamic targeting; 3) the relative safety and efficacy of atlas-based versus direct imaging tractography-based anatomical targeting; and 4) the need for intraoperative microelectrode recordings and macroelectrode stimulation in awake patients to identify the optimum anatomical target. Randomized controlled trials are needed.
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- Rodger J Elble
- a Neuroscience Institute , Southern Illinois University School of Medicine , Springfield , Illinois , USA
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- b Department of Neurology , Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School , Boston , Massachusetts USA
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- a Neuroscience Institute , Southern Illinois University School of Medicine , Springfield , Illinois , USA
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Eisinger RS, Wong J, Almeida L, Ramirez-Zamora A, Cagle JN, Giugni JC, Ahmed B, Bona AR, Monari E, Wagle Shukla A, Hess CW, Hilliard JD, Foote KD, Gunduz A, Okun MS, Martinez-Ramirez D. Ventral Intermediate Nucleus Versus Zona Incerta Region Deep Brain Stimulation in Essential Tremor. Mov Disord Clin Pract 2017; 5:75-82. [PMID: 30363386 DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.12565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2017] [Revised: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 09/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background The ventral intermediate nucleus (VIM) is the target of choice for Essential Tremor (ET) deep brain stimulation (DBS). Renewed interest in caudal zona incerta (cZI) stimulation for tremor control has recently emerged and some groups believe this approach may address long-term reduction of benefit seen with VIM-DBS. Objectives To compare clinical outcomes and DBS programming in the long-term between VIM and cZI neurostimulation in ET-DBS patients. Materials and Methods A retrospective review of 53 DBS leads from 47 patients was performed. Patients were classified into VIM or cZI groups according to the location of the activated DBS contact. Demographics, DBS settings, and Tremor Rating Scale scores were compared between groups at baseline and yearly follow-up to 4 years after DBS. Student t-tests and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to compare variables between groups. Results Relative to baseline, an improvement in ON-DBS tremor scores was observed in both groups from 6 months to 4 years post-DBS (p < 0.05). Although improvement was still significant at 4 years, scores from month 6 to 2 years were comparable between groups but at 3 and 4 years post-DBS the outcome was better in the VIM group (p < 0.01). Stimulation settings were similar across groups, although we found a lower voltage in the VIM group at 3 years post-DBS. Conclusions More ventral DBS contacts in the cZI region do improve tremor, however, VIM-DBS provided better long-term outcomes. Randomized controlled trials comparing cZI vs VIM targets should confirm these results.
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- Robert S Eisinger
- Department of Neuroscience Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville FL USA
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- Department of Neurology Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville FL USA
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- Department of Neurology Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville FL USA
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- Department of Neurology Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville FL USA
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- J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville FL USA
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- Department of Neurology Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville FL USA
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- Department of Neurology Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville FL USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville FL USA
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- Department of Neurology Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville FL USA
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- Department of Neurology Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville FL USA
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- Department of Neurology Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville FL USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville FL USA
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- Department of Neurology Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville FL USA.,Department of Neurosurgery University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville FL USA
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- Department of Neurology Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville FL USA.,J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville FL USA
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- Department of Neurology Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville FL USA.,Department of Neurosurgery University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville FL USA
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- Department of Neurology Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville FL USA
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Neudorfer C, Maarouf M. Neuroanatomical background and functional considerations for stereotactic interventions in the H fields of Forel. Brain Struct Funct 2017; 223:17-30. [DOI: 10.1007/s00429-017-1570-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2017] [Accepted: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Reich MM, Brumberg J, Pozzi NG, Marotta G, Roothans J, Åström M, Musacchio T, Lopiano L, Lanotte M, Lehrke R, Buck AK, Volkmann J, Isaias IU. Progressive gait ataxia following deep brain stimulation for essential tremor: adverse effect or lack of efficacy? Brain 2017; 139:2948-2956. [PMID: 27658421 DOI: 10.1093/brain/aww223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 07/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Thalamic deep brain stimulation is a mainstay treatment for severe and drug-refractory essential tremor, but postoperative management may be complicated in some patients by a progressive cerebellar syndrome including gait ataxia, dysmetria, worsening of intention tremor and dysarthria. Typically, this syndrome manifests several months after an initially effective therapy and necessitates frequent adjustments in stimulation parameters. There is an ongoing debate as to whether progressive ataxia reflects a delayed therapeutic failure due to disease progression or an adverse effect related to repeated increases of stimulation intensity. In this study we used a multimodal approach comparing clinical stimulation responses, modelling of volume of tissue activated and metabolic brain maps in essential tremor patients with and without progressive ataxia to disentangle a disease-related from a stimulation-induced aetiology. Ten subjects with stable and effective bilateral thalamic stimulation were stratified according to the presence (five subjects) of severe chronic-progressive gait ataxia. We quantified stimulated brain areas and identified the stimulation-induced brain metabolic changes by multiple 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography performed with and without active neurostimulation. Three days after deactivating thalamic stimulation and following an initial rebound of symptom severity, gait ataxia had dramatically improved in all affected patients, while tremor had worsened to the presurgical severity, thus indicating a stimulation rather than disease-related phenomenon. Models of the volume of tissue activated revealed a more ventrocaudal stimulation in the (sub)thalamic area of patients with progressive gait ataxia. Metabolic maps of both patient groups differed by an increased glucose uptake in the cerebellar nodule of patients with gait ataxia. Our data suggest that chronic progressive gait ataxia in essential tremor is a reversible cerebellar syndrome caused by a maladaptive response to neurostimulation of the (sub)thalamic area. The metabolic signature of progressive gait ataxia is an activation of the cerebellar nodule, which may be caused by inadvertent current spread and antidromic stimulation of a cerebellar outflow pathway originating in the vermis. An anatomical candidate could be the ascending limb of the uncinate tract in the subthalamic area. Adjustments in programming and precise placement of the electrode may prevent this adverse effect and help fine-tuning deep brain stimulation to ameliorate tremor without negative cerebellar signs.
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- Martin M Reich
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital and Julius-Maximilian-University, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital and Julius-Maximilian-University, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital and Julius-Maximilian-University, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
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- Medtronic Neuromodulation, Medtronic Eindhoven Design Center, The Netherlands
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- Medtronic Neuromodulation, Medtronic Eindhoven Design Center, The Netherlands.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital and Julius-Maximilian-University, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Neuroscience Department, University of Turin Medical School, Turin, Italy
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- Neuroscience Department, University of Turin Medical School, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Stereotactic Neurosurgery, St. Barbara - Klinik, Hamm, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital and Julius-Maximilian-University, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital and Julius-Maximilian-University, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital and Julius-Maximilian-University, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Ramirez-Zamora A, Smith H, Kumar V, Prusik J, Phookan S, Pilitsis JG. Evolving Concepts in Posterior Subthalamic Area Deep Brain Stimulation for Treatment of Tremor: Surgical Neuroanatomy and Practical Considerations. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 2016; 94:283-297. [DOI: 10.1159/000449007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2015] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Introduction: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has become a standard therapy for the treatment of select cases of medication refractory essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease however the effectiveness and long-term outcomes of DBS in other uncommon and complex tremor syndromes has not been well established. Traditionally, the ventralis intermedius nucleus (VIM) of the thalamus has been considered the main target for medically intractable tremors; however alternative brain regions and improvements in stereotactic techniques and hardware may soon change the horizon for treatment of complex tremors. Areas covered: In this article, we conducted a PubMed search using different combinations between the terms ‘Uncommon tremors’, ‘Dystonic tremor’, ‘Holmes tremor’ ‘Midbrain tremor’, ‘Rubral tremor’, ‘Cerebellar tremor’, ‘outflow tremor’, ‘Multiple Sclerosis tremor’, ‘Post-traumatic tremor’, ‘Neuropathic tremor’, and ‘Deep Brain Stimulation/DBS’. Additionally, we examined and summarized the current state of evolving interventions for treatment of complex tremor syndromes. Expertcommentary: Recently reported interventions for rare tremors include stimulation of the posterior subthalamic area, globus pallidus internus, ventralis oralis anterior/posterior thalamic subnuclei, and the use of dual lead stimulation in one or more of these targets. Treatment should be individualized and dictated by tremor phenomenology and associated clinical features.
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- b Department of Neurology , University of Florida Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration , Gainesville FL , USA
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García-Gomar MG, Soto-Abraham J, Velasco-Campos F, Concha L. Anatomic characterization of prelemniscal radiations by probabilistic tractography: implications in Parkinson's disease. Brain Struct Funct 2016; 222:71-81. [PMID: 26902343 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-016-1201-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2015] [Accepted: 02/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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To characterize the anatomical connectivity of the prelemniscal radiations (Raprl), a white matter region within the posterior subthalamic area (PSA) that is an effective neurosurgical target for treating motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). Diffusion-weighted images were acquired from twelve healthy subjects using a 3T scanner. Constrained spherical deconvolution, a method that allows the distinction of crossing fibers within a voxel, was used to compute track-density images with sufficient resolution to accurately delineate distinct PSA regions and probabilistic tractography of Raprl in both hemispheres. Raprl connectivity was reproducible across all subjects and showed fibers traversing through this region towards primary and supplementary motor cortices, the orbitofrontal cortex, ventrolateral thalamus, and the globus pallidus, cerebellum and dorsal brainstem. All brain regions reached by Raprl fibers are part of motor circuits involved in the pathophysiology of PD; while these fiber systems converge at the level of the PSA, they can be spatially segregated. Fibers of distinct and specific motor control networks are identified within Raprl. The description of this anatomical crossroad suggests that, in the future, tractography could allow deep brain stimulation or lesional therapies in white matter targets according to individual patient's symptoms.
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- Unit for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and Radiosurgery, Mexico General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unit for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and Radiosurgery, Mexico General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, México.
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Gallay MN, Moser D, Rossi F, Pourtehrani P, Magara AE, Kowalski M, Arnold A, Jeanmonod D. Incisionless transcranial MR-guided focused ultrasound in essential tremor: cerebellothalamic tractotomy. J Ther Ultrasound 2016; 4:5. [PMID: 26877873 PMCID: PMC4752806 DOI: 10.1186/s40349-016-0049-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2015] [Accepted: 02/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background Already in the late 1960s and early 1970s, targeting of the “posterior subthalamic area (PSA)” was explored by different functional neurosurgical groups applying the radiofrequency (RF) technique to treat patients suffering from essential tremor (ET). Recent advances in magnetic resonance (MR)-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) technology offer the possibility to perform thermocoagulation of the cerebellothalamic fiber tract in the PSA without brain penetration, allowing a strong reduction of the procedure-related risks and increased accuracy. We describe here the first results of the MRgFUS cerebellothalamic tractotomy (CTT). Methods Twenty-one consecutive patients suffering from chronic (mean disease duration 29.9 years), therapy-resistant ET were treated with MRgFUS CTT. Three patients received bilateral treatment with a 1-year interval. Primary relief assessment indicators were the Essential Tremor Rating Scale (Fahn, Tolosa, and Marin) (ETRS) taken at follow-up (3 months to 2 years) with accent on the hand function subscores (HF16 for treated hand and HF32 for both hands) and handwriting. The evolution of seven patients with HF32 above 28 points over 32 (group 1) differentiated itself from the others’ (group 2) and was analyzed separately. Global tremor relief estimations were provided by the patients. Lesion reconstruction and measurement of targeting accuracy were done on 2-day post-treatment MR pictures for each CTT lesion. Results The mean ETRS score for all patients was 57.6 ± 13.2 at baseline and 25.8 ± 17.6 at 1 year (n = 10). The HF16 score reduction was 92 % in group 2 at 3 months and stayed stable at 1 year (90 %). Group 1 showed only an improvement of 41 % at 3 months and 40 % at 1 year. Nevertheless, two patients of group 1 treated bilaterally had an HF16 score reduction of 75 and 88 % for the dominant hand at 1 year after the second side. The mean patient estimation of global tremor relief after CTT was 92 % at 2 days and 77 % at 1-year follow-up. Conclusions CTT with MRgFUS was shown to be an effective and safe approach for patients with therapy-refractory essential tremor, combining neurological function sparing with precise targeting and the possibility to treat patients bilaterally.
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- Marc N Gallay
- Sonimodul, Center for Ultrasound Functional Neurosurgery, Leopoldstrasse 1, CH-4500 Solothurn, Switzerland
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- Sonimodul, Center for Ultrasound Functional Neurosurgery, Leopoldstrasse 1, CH-4500 Solothurn, Switzerland
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- Sonimodul, Center for Ultrasound Functional Neurosurgery, Leopoldstrasse 1, CH-4500 Solothurn, Switzerland
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- Rodiag Diagnostics Centers, Leopoldstrasse 1, CH-4500 Solothurn, Switzerland
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- Praxisgemeinschaft für Neurologie, Thunstrasse 95, CH-3006 Bern, Switzerland
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- Privatklinik Obach, Leopoldstrasse 5, CH-4500 Solothurn, Switzerland
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- Privatklinik Obach, Leopoldstrasse 5, CH-4500 Solothurn, Switzerland
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- Sonimodul, Center for Ultrasound Functional Neurosurgery, Leopoldstrasse 1, CH-4500 Solothurn, Switzerland
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Castro G, Carrillo-Ruiz JD, Salcido V, Soto J, García-Gomar G, Velasco AL, Velasco F. Optimizing Prelemniscal Radiations as a Target for Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease Treatment. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 2015; 93:282-91. [DOI: 10.1159/000433446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2015] [Accepted: 05/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ledermann K, Jeanmonod D, McAleese S, Aufenberg C, Opwis K, Martin-Soelch C. Effects of Cerebellothalamic Tractotomy on Cognitive and Emotional Functioning in Essential Tremor: A Preliminary Study in 5 Essential Tremor Patients. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 2015; 93:127-132. [PMID: 25721481 DOI: 10.1159/000368438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2013] [Accepted: 09/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Background: Subthalamic stereotactic interventions have recently caught renewed interest as a treatment for essential tremor (ET). However, it is not clear whether these interventions are associated with neurocognitive, mood or personality changes. Objective: To investigate neurocognition, neuropsychiatric functions and personality variables in patients with ET and to explore the neurocognitive and neuropsychiatric effects of cerebellothalamic tractotomy (CTT), a form of subthalamotomy. Methods: In our study, we investigated cognitive functions, frontal functions, mood and personality variables in 5 patients with intractable ET. Patients were tested before and 3 months after surgery using neuropsychological tests, clinical scales for depression, anxiety, anger regulation and a personality test. Results: Before surgery, ET patients showed normal neurocognitive function, a slightly elevated frontal lobe score in the dimensions mental control and memory, without being indicative of a frontal lesion, and no elevated depression or anxiety scores compared to norm values. After surgery, there was no change in neurocognitive function and no increase in depression or anxiety scores. Conclusion: In this exploratory study on 5 ET patients, CTT was not associated with alterations of mood or neurocognitive functions. © 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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- Katharina Ledermann
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Jourdain VA, Schechtmann G, Di Paolo T. Subthalamotomy in the treatment of Parkinson's disease: clinical aspects and mechanisms of action. J Neurosurg 2014; 120:140-51. [DOI: 10.3171/2013.10.jns13332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition that can be pharmacologically treated with levodopa. However, important motor and nonmotor symptoms appear with its long-term use. The subthalamic nucleus (STN) is known to be involved in the pathophysiology of PD and to contribute to levodopa-induced complications. Surgery is considered in patients who have advanced PD that is refractory to pharmacotherapy and who display disabling dyskinesia. Deep brain stimulation of the STN is currently the main surgical procedure for PD, but lesioning is still performed. This review covers the clinical aspects and complications of subthalamotomy as one of the lesion-based options for PD patients with levodopa-induced dyskinesias. Moreover, the authors discuss the possible effects of subthalamic lesioning.
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- Vincent A. Jourdain
- 1Neurosciences Research Center, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec
- 2Faculty of Pharmacy, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, and
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- 3Department of Neurosurgery and Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet and University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- 1Neurosciences Research Center, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec
- 2Faculty of Pharmacy, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, and
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García-Gomar MG, Concha L, Alcauter S, Abraham JS, Carrillo-Ruiz JD, Farfan GC, Campos FV. Probabilistic tractography of the posterior subthalamic area in Parkinson’s disease patients. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.4236/jbise.2013.63a048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Fytagoridis A, Sjöberg RL, Åström M, Fredricks A, Nyberg L, Blomstedt P. Effects of deep brain stimulation in the caudal zona incerta on verbal fluency. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 2012; 91:24-9. [PMID: 23154815 DOI: 10.1159/000342497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2012] [Accepted: 08/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the caudal zona incerta (cZi) is a relatively unexplored and promising treatment in patients with severe essential tremor (ET). Preliminary data further indicate that the ability to produce language may be slightly affected by the treatment. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects on verbal fluency following cZi DBS in patients with ET. METHOD Seventeen consecutive patients who had undergone DBS of the cZi for ET were tested regarding verbal fluency before surgery, 3 days after surgery and after 1 year. Ten patients were also evaluated by comparing performance on versus off stimulation after 1 year. RESULTS The total verbal fluency score decreased slightly, but significantly, from 22.7 (SD = 10.9) before surgery to 18.1 (SD = 7.5) 3 days after surgery (p = 0.036). After 1 year the score was nonsignificantly decreased to 20.1 (SD = 9.7, p = 0.2678). There was no detectable difference between stimulation on and off after 1 year. CONCLUSION There was a tendency of an immediate and mostly transient postoperative decline in verbal fluency following cZi DBS for ET. In some of the patients this reduction was, however, more pronounced and also sustained over time.
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- Anders Fytagoridis
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Neurosurgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Lehman RM. Optimal target of deep brain stimulation for essential tremor. Neurosurgery 2012; 72:E135. [PMID: 23037825 DOI: 10.1227/neu.0b013e3182752994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Chang WS, Chung JC, Kim JP, Chang JW. Simultaneous thalamic and posterior subthalamic electrode insertion with single deep brain stimulation electrode for essential tremor. Neuromodulation 2012; 16:236-43; discussion 243. [PMID: 22985104 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2012.00503.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The optimal target location of deep brain stimulation (DBS) is the subject of some controversy. We implanted electrodes that could stimulate both posterior subthalamic area (PSA) and ventralis intermedius nucleus of thalamus (Vim), and examined the benefits of bilateral DBS of Vim, PSA, and Vim + PSA in patients with essential tremor (ET). MATERIALS AND METHODS Electrodes were inserted into the Vim and PSA in ten hemispheres of five consecutive patients. All patients were assessed for action tremor, including postural and kinetic tremors, both preoperatively and at six months and one year postoperatively. RESULTS The preoperative mean postural tremor score was 1.9 (range 1.0-2.5) and kinetic tremor score was 2.6 (range 2.0-3.0). One year after surgery, these scores had decreased significantly to 0.1 (range 0.0-1.0) and 0.6 (range 0.0-1.5), respectively. The postural and kinetic tremor scores at six-months and one-year post-surgery were similar for Vim, PSA, and Vim + PSA stimulation. CONCLUSIONS We were able to identify the optimal electrode placement site for each patient based on his or her individualized response to the stimulation. Overall, there was no statistically significant difference among the DBS sites in terms of the benefits afforded by the stimulation. We propose that our technique may be a useful surgical method to treat ET.
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- Won Seok Chang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Taira T. Will ventralis intermedius deep brain stimulation for tremor be replaced by posterior subthalamic area or caudal zona incerta stimulation? World Neurosurg 2012; 78:445-6. [PMID: 22381881 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2012.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2011] [Accepted: 01/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Takaomi Taira
- Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
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Deuschl G, Raethjen J, Hellriegel H, Elble R. Treatment of patients with essential tremor. Lancet Neurol 2011; 10:148-61. [PMID: 21256454 DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(10)70322-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Blomstedt P, Sandvik U, Fytagoridis A, Tisch S. THE POSTERIOR SUBTHALAMIC AREA IN THE TREATMENT OF MOVEMENT DISORDERS. Neurosurgery 2009; 64:1029-38; discussion 1038-42. [DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000345643.69486.bc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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THE INTRODUCTION OF thalamotomy in 1954 led naturally to exploration of the underlying subthalamic area, with the development of such procedures as campotomy and subthalamotomy in the posterior subthalamic area. The most popular of these procedures was the subthalamotomy, which was performed in thousands of patients for various movement disorders. Today, in the deep brain stimulation (DBS) era, subthalamic nucleus DBS is the treatment of choice for Parkinson's disease, whereas thalamic and pallidal DBS are mainly used for nonparkinsonian tremor and dystonia, respectively. The interest in DBS in the posterior subthalamic area has been quite limited, however, with a total of 95 patients presented in 14 articles. During recent years, interest has increased, and promising results have been published concerning both Parkinson's disease and nonparkinsonian tremor. We reviewed the literature to investigate the development of surgery in the posterior subthalamic area from the lesional era to the present.
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- Patric Blomstedt
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Northern Sweden, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Northern Sweden, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Northern Sweden, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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Blomstedt P, Fytagoridis A, Tisch S. Deep brain stimulation of the posterior subthalamic area in the treatment of tremor. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2009; 151:31-6. [PMID: 19093072 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-008-0163-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2008] [Accepted: 07/09/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Several studies have described lesional therapy in the posterior subthalamic area (PSA) in the treatment of various movement disorders. Recently, some publications have illustrated the effect of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in this area in patients with Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, MS-tremor, and other forms of tremor. Even though the clinical series is small, the reported benefits prompted us to explore DBS in this area in the treatment of tremor. METHOD Five patients with tremor were operated using unilateral DBS of the PSA. Two patients had dystonic tremor, one primary writing tremor, one cerebellar tremor and the other neuropathic tremor. All patients were assessed before and 1 year after surgery using items 5 and 6 (tremor of the upper extremity), 11-14 (hand function), and when appropriate item 10 (handwriting) from the essential tremor rating scale. FINDINGS The mean improvement on stimulation after 1 year was 87%. A pronounced and sustained microlesional effect was seen in several of the patients, and while the mean improvement off stimulation was 56% the reduction in the three patients with the most pronounced effect was 89%. The two patients with dystonic tremor did also become free of the dystonic symptoms and pain in the treated arm. No severe complication occurred. CONCLUSIONS DBS of the PSA in this small group of patients had an excellent effect on the different forms of tremor, except for the neuropathic tremor where the effect was moderate. These preliminary results suggest PSA to be an effective target for the treatment of various forms of tremor. Further studies concerning indications, safety and efficacy of DBS in the posterior subthalamic area are required.
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Bandt SK, Anderson D, Biller J. Deep brain stimulation as an effective treatment option for post–midbrain infarction-related tremor as it presents with Benedikt syndrome. J Neurosurg 2008; 109:635-9. [DOI: 10.3171/jns/2008/109/10/0635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Benedikt syndrome is a rare but debilitating constellation of symptoms that manifests from infarction of the red nucleus, cerebral peduncle, oculomotor fascicles, and lower oculomotor nucleus. Clinically, it presents as ipsilateral cranial nerve III palsy, contralateral hemiataxia with intention tremor, contralateral hemiparesis, and hyperactive tendon reflexes. Commonly, the tremor upon purposeful movement proves to be the most debilitating manifestation of the infarction with significant impact on the patient's ability to perform activities of daily living and, therefore, quality of life. The authors report the successful management of this debilitating post–midbrain infarction tremor with the insertion of a deep brain stimulator with targets in the contralateral lenticular fasciculus.
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- 3Neurology, Loyola University Health System, Maywood, Illinois
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Carrillo-Ruiz JD, Velasco F, Jimènez F, Castro G, Velasco AL, Hernández JA, Ceballos J, Velasco M. BILATERAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF PRELEMNISCAL RADIATIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF ADVANCED PARKINSON'S DISEASE. Neurosurgery 2008; 62:347-57; discussion 357-9. [DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000316001.03765.e8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Tremor and rigidity have been efficiently controlled by electrical stimulation of contralateral prelemniscal radiations (Raprl) in patients with unilateral Parkinson's disease. The present study determines the effect of bilateral Raprl electrical stimulation in a group of patients with severe bilateral tremor, rigidity, and bradykinesia.
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Five patients with Parkinson's disease (Hoehn and Yahr scale, Stage V) underwent bilateral stereotactic electrode implantation. Postoperative magnetic resonance imaging studies confirmed their position. Bipolar chronic electrical stimulation was performed through contiguous contacts of each electrode, which were selected by means of a screening test that explored multiple combinations. Preoperative and 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-month postoperative evaluations were performed using international rating scales. Postoperative evaluations were performed with 24 hours off medication-on stimulation.
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Contralateral tremor and rigidity were significantly decreased by simple insertion of electrodes in Raprl and returned hours to days later. Contacts for chronic stimulation were located in the area between the red and subthalamic nuclei, including Raprl, zona incerta, and substantia Q. Efficient stimulation had at least one contact in Raprl and in four cases, both contacts were only in Raprl. Stimulation parameters were 90 to 130 Hz, 90 to 330 μs, and 1.5 to 3.5 V. Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (motor, Part III) scores decreased 65% (P < 0.001), with improvements of 90% in tremor (P < 0.001), 94% in rigidity (P < 0.001), 75% in bradykinesia (P < 0.001), 40% in gait, and 35% in postural stability (P < 0.05) at 1 year.
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Raprl electrical stimulation is safe and efficient to treat patients with the Parkinson's disease symptomatic triad. By use of Raprl stereotactic coordinates, electrodes were placed behind the subthalamic nucleus.
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- Josè D. Carrillo-Ruiz
- Unit of Stereotactic, Functional Neurosurgery and Radiosurgery, Mexico General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico
- Radiology Service, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unit of Stereotactic, Functional Neurosurgery and Radiosurgery, Mexico General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unit of Stereotactic, Functional Neurosurgery and Radiosurgery, Mexico General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unit of Stereotactic, Functional Neurosurgery and Radiosurgery, Mexico General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unit of Stereotactic, Functional Neurosurgery and Radiosurgery, Mexico General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unit of Stereotactic, Functional Neurosurgery and Radiosurgery, Mexico General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Radiology Service, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unit of Stereotactic, Functional Neurosurgery and Radiosurgery, Mexico General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico
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Gallay MN, Jeanmonod D, Liu J, Morel A. Human pallidothalamic and cerebellothalamic tracts: anatomical basis for functional stereotactic neurosurgery. Brain Struct Funct 2008; 212:443-63. [PMID: 18193279 PMCID: PMC2494572 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-007-0170-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2007] [Accepted: 12/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Anatomical knowledge of the structures to be targeted and of the circuitry involved is crucial in stereotactic functional neurosurgery. The present study was undertaken in the context of surgical treatment of motor disorders such as essential tremor (ET) and Parkinson's disease (PD) to precisely determine the course and three-dimensional stereotactic localisation of the cerebellothalamic and pallidothalamic tracts in the human brain. The course of the fibre tracts to the thalamus was traced in the subthalamic region using multiple staining procedures and their entrance into the thalamus determined according to our atlas of the human thalamus and basal ganglia [Morel (2007) Stereotactic atlas of the human thalamus and basal ganglia. Informa Healthcare Inc., New York]. Stereotactic three-dimensional coordinates were determined by sectioning thalamic and basal ganglia blocks parallel to stereotactic planes and, in two cases, by correlation with magnetic resonance images (MRI) from the same brains prior to sectioning. The major contributions of this study are to provide: (1) evidence that the bulks of the cerebellothalamic and pallidothalamic tracts are clearly separated up to their thalamic entrance, (2) stereotactic maps of the two tracts in the subthalamic region, (3) the possibility to discriminate between different subthalamic fibre tracts on the basis of immunohistochemical stainings, (4) correlations of histologically identified fibre tracts with high-resolution MRI, and (5) evaluation of the interindividual variability of the fibre systems in the subthalamic region. This study should provide an important basis for accurate stereotactic neurosurgical targeting of the subthalamic region in motor disorders such as PD and ET.
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- Marc N. Gallay
- Laboratory for Functional Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Clinic, University Hospital Zürich, Sternwartstrasse 6, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Functional Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Clinic, University Hospital Zürich, Sternwartstrasse 6, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Functional Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Clinic, University Hospital Zürich, Sternwartstrasse 6, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
- Present Address: Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 710061 Xian
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- Laboratory for Functional Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Clinic, University Hospital Zürich, Sternwartstrasse 6, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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Herzog J, Hamel W, Wenzelburger R, Pötter M, Pinsker MO, Bartussek J, Morsnowski A, Steigerwald F, Deuschl G, Volkmann J. Kinematic analysis of thalamic versus subthalamic neurostimulation in postural and intention tremor. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 130:1608-25. [PMID: 17439979 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awm077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Deep brain stimulation of the thalamus (thalamic DBS) is an established therapy for medically intractable essential tremor and tremor caused by multiple sclerosis. In both disorders, motor disability results from complex interaction between kinetic tremor and accompanying ataxia with voluntary movements. In clinical studies, the efficacy of thalamic DBS has been thoroughly assessed. However, the optimal anatomical target structure for neurostimulation is still debated and has never been analysed in conjunction with objective measurements of the different aspects of motor impairment. In 10 essential tremor and 11 multiple sclerosis patients, we analysed the effect of thalamic DBS through each contact of the quadripolar electrode on the contralateral tremor rating scale, accelerometry and kinematic measures of reach-to-grasp-movements. These measures were correlated with the anatomical position of the stimulating electrode in stereotactic space and in relation to nuclear boundaries derived from intraoperative microrecording. We found a significant impact of the stereotactic z-coordinate of stimulation contacts on the TRS, accelerometry total power and spatial deviation in the deceleration and target period of reach-to-grasp-movements. Most effective contacts clustered within the subthalamic area (STA) covering the posterior Zona incerta and prelemniscal radiation. Stimulation within this region led to a mean reduction of the lateralized tremor rating scale by 15.8 points which was significantly superior to stimulation within the thalamus (P < 0.05, student's t-test). STA stimulation resulted in reduction of the accelerometry total power by 99%, whereas stimulation at the ventral thalamic border (68%) or within the thalamus proper (2.5%) was significantly less effective (P < 0.01). Concomitantly, STA stimulation led to a significantly higher increase of tremor frequency and decrease in EMG synchronization compared to stimulation within the thalamus proper (P < 0.001). In reach-to-grasp movements, STA stimulation reduced the spatial variability of the movement path in the deceleration period by 28.9% and in the target period by 58.4%, whereas stimulation within the thalamus was again significantly less effective (P < 0.05), with a reduction in the deceleration period between 6.5 and 21.8% and in the target period between 1.2 and 11.3%. An analysis of the nuclear boundaries from intraoperative microrecording confirmed the anatomical impression that most effective electrodes were located within the STA. Our data demonstrate a profound effect of deep brain stimulation of the thalamic region on tremor and ataxia in essential tremor and tremor caused by multiple sclerosis. The better efficacy of stimulation within the STA compared to thalamus proper favours the concept of a modulation of cerebello-thalamic projections underlying the improvement of these symptoms.
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- Jan Herzog
- Department of Neurology, Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Germany
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Halpern C, Hurtig H, Jaggi J, Grossman M, Won M, Baltuch G. Deep brain stimulation in neurologic disorders. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2007; 13:1-16. [PMID: 17141550 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2006.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2005] [Revised: 03/14/2006] [Accepted: 03/14/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective surgical therapy for well-selected patients with medically intractable Parkinson's disease (PD) and essential tremor (ET). The purpose of this review is to describe the success of DBS in these two disorders and its promising application in dystonia, Tourette Syndrome (TS) and epilepsy. In the last 10 years, numerous short- and intermediate-term outcome studies have demonstrated significant relief to patients with PD and ET. A few long-term follow-up studies have also reported sustained benefits. When successful, DBS greatly reduces most of parkinsonian motor symptoms and drug-induced dyskinesia, and it frequently improves patients' ability to perform activities of daily living with less encumbrance from motor fluctuations. Quality of life is enhanced and many patients are able to significantly reduce the amount of antiparkinsonian medications required to still get good pharmacological benefit. Overall, adverse effects associated with DBS tend to be transient, although device-related and other postoperative complications do occur. DBS should be considered the surgical procedure of choice for patients who meet strict criteria with medically intractable PD, ET and selected cases of dystonia.
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- Casey Halpern
- Department of Neurology, Penn Neurological Institute at Pennsylvania Hospital, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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Carrillo-Ruiz JD, Velasco F, Jiménez F, Velasco AL, Velasco M, Castro G. Neuromodulation of prelemniscal radiations in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA. SUPPLEMENT 2007; 97:185-90. [PMID: 17691303 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-33081-4_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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In patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), tetrapolar electrodes were implanted in the prelemniscal radiations (RAPRL) to treat tremor, rigidity and bradykinesia. Fifteen patients were implanted unilaterally and five patients bilaterally and followed-up for one year. The selection criteria included the presence of unilateral pronounced tremor and rigidity in patients implanted unilaterally or bilateral symptoms including severe bradykinesia in patients implanted bilaterally. In the operating room, the tremor decreased significantly or was abolished following the insertion of the electrode in the RAPRL. This effect was temporary and subsided when the stimulation was off. However, when the stimulator was turned on, the severity of the symptoms and signs decreased significantly. The post-implantation MRI confirmed that the electrode contacts used for stimulation were inserted in RAPRL, a group of fibers located between the red nucleus and subthalamic nucleus, above the substantia nigra, medially to the zona incerta and below the thalamus. The patients were evaluated using the UPDRS part III, before implantation and every 3 months during the first year. Global scores decreased significantly. The pre- and postoperative median values (range in round brackets) were as follows: tremor improved from 3 (2-16) to 1 (2-3) (p<0.001); rigidity was either abolished or decreased markedly from 2 (1-16) to 0 (0-4) (p< 0.001); bradykinesia improved from 2 (0-4) to 1 (0-2) (p<0.001). We conclude that RAPRL, an area anatomically different from STN, is a good target for electrical stimulation in order to treat effectively all the main symptoms of PD.
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- J D Carrillo-Ruiz
- Service of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and Radiosurgery of Mexico General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Kitagawa M, Murata JI, Uesugi H, Kikuchi S, Saito H, Tashiro K, Sawamura Y. Two-year follow-up of chronic stimulation of the posterior subthalamic white matter for tremor-dominant Parkinson's disease. Neurosurgery 2006; 56:281-9; discussion 281-9. [PMID: 15670376 DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000148167.49105.a3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2004] [Accepted: 10/06/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy and safety of unilateral deep brain stimulation on the posterior subthalamic white matter, including the zona incerta (ZI) and the prelemniscal radiation (PRL), for tremor-dominant parkinsonian patients and to determine the exact location of electrodes that were most effective. METHODS Eight parkinsonian patients with severe resting tremor underwent unilateral stimulation of the ZI/PRL by use of stereotactic guidance. Electrophysiological targeting was obtained by macrostimulation and by somatosensory evoked potentials recorded directly through a quadripolar deep brain stimulation lead. Postoperative computed tomographic scans and magnetic resonance images were performed to confirm anatomic location of the electrode. Parkinsonian motor disabilities were evaluated by use of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale in the medication-off state before surgery and every 6 months after electrode implantations. RESULTS The mean location of the clinically effective contacts was in the posterior subthalamic white matter, including the ZI and the PRL (mean, 5.6 +/- 1.2 mm posterior to the midcommissural point, 3.2 +/- 1.1 mm inferior to the anterior commissure-posterior commissure line, and 10.5 +/- 1.2 mm lateral to the midline). At 24 months after operation, ZI/PRL stimulation resulted in significant improvement in mean Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale motor score by 44.3%, contralateral tremor by 78.3%, contralateral rigidity by 92.7%, and contralateral akinesia by 65.7% above the "off-stimulation" scores. Handwriting, posture, and gait were also improved. There were no or only mild adverse events. CONCLUSION Unilateral ZI/PRL stimulation is a reliable and long-term therapeutic modality and can be considered another surgical target for the treatment of tremor-dominant Parkinson's disease.
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Hirashima Y, Ikeda H, Asahi T, Shibata T, Noguchi K, Shima F, Endo S. Mechanical Injury of the Subthalamic Area During Stereotactic Surgery Followed by Improvement of Trunk, Neck, and Face Tremor-Case Report-. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 2005; 45:484-6. [PMID: 16195651 DOI: 10.2176/nmc.45.484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A 50-year-old man had undergone right nucleus ventrointermedius (Vim) thalamotomy 1 year previously, resulting in the disappearance of left hand tremor. However, he presented with right distal and proximal tremor including the axial trunk, neck, and head. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the left Vim for these symptoms was unsuccessful. Attempts were made to stimulate the left Vim, nucleus ventralis lateralis, and subthalamic nucleus (STN), but no significant improvement was obtained after repeat surgery. However, subsequent improvement of the symptoms including proximal tremor was very marked even without DBS stimulation. Brain magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated lesion and edema in the posteromedial area of the STN. Mechanical injury of the area caused by the surgical procedures may have contributed to the improvement in his persistent symptoms.
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- Yutaka Hirashima
- Department of Neurosurgery, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan.
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Bertrand CM. Surgery of Involuntary Movements, Particularly Stereotactic Surgery: Reminiscences. Neurosurgery 2004; 55:698-703; discussion 703-4. [PMID: 15335438 DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000134560.74983.03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2003] [Accepted: 06/24/2003] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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WHEN WE STARTED using stereotactic surgery in 1953, the existing stereotactic instruments required general anesthesia for fixation of the head. We designed a stereotactic instrument with target screens that could be fixed to the patient's head under local anesthesia. The results of stereotactic surgery for spasmodic torticollis were inconsistent. The active muscles were identified by electromyography and blocked with 1% lidocaine, resulting in marked but temporary improvement. It was decided to use selective peripheral denervation in these cases with very satisfactory results, and it became the only procedure we used for the relief of spasmodic torticollis.
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- Claude M Bertrand
- Neurosurgery Service, Hôpital Nôtre-Dame, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Object. The goal of this study was to determine the safety and efficacy of bilateral subthalamic region stimulation in the treatment of essential tremor (ET).
Methods. Following induction of general anesthesia, four patients with disabling tremor that had proved to be refractory to pharmacotherapy underwent magnetic resonance imaging—guided deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the bilateral subthalamic region. Tremor was assessed by applying the Fahn-Tolosa-Marín Tremor Rating Scale at baseline and again at the 12-month follow-up examination.
Following surgery the total tremor score improved by 80.1% (from a baseline mean score of 63 ± 15.1 to a score of 11.8 ± 3.9 at 12 months postoperatively). There was a significant improvement (p < 0.0001) in the mean tremor score of the upper limb (postural and action component) from a baseline score of 3 ± 0.9 to a score of 0.5 ± 0.5 at 12 months postoperatively. In two patients with Score 4 head tremor complete arrest of the tremor was observed at 12 months. Motor function scores of the upper limb for drawing spirals, pouring water, and drawing lines improved significantly (p < 0.05) by 66.7, 76.9, and 58.3%, respectively. Handwriting improved by 68%, but this gain was not significant. The mean activities of daily living score at baseline was 20 ± 3.2; there was an 88.8% improvement in this score to 2.3 ± 1.5 at the 12-month evaluation. The voltage required for effective tremor control was low (mean 1.8 ± 0.2 V) and, along with the other parameters of DBS (frequency and pulse width), did not change significantly over the 12-month period. Tolerance to the action component of tremor was not seen. There was no procedural or stimulation-related complication.
Conclusions. Bilateral subthalamic region stimulation is effective in arresting tremor and head titubation, as well as functional disability in ET. Complications like dysarthria and disequilibrium were not seen. These patients required low voltages of stimulation and did not develop a tolerance to the treatment.
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- Puneet Plaha
- Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Murata JI, Kitagawa M, Uesugi H, Saito H, Iwasaki Y, Kikuchi S, Tashiro K, Sawamura Y. Electrical stimulation of the posterior subthalamic area for the treatment of intractable proximal tremor. J Neurosurg 2003; 99:708-15. [PMID: 14567607 DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.99.4.0708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECT Tremors, including its proximal component, are often refractory to standard thalamic surgery. In the 1960s the posterior part of the subthalamic white matter was reported to be a promising target in treating various forms of tremor, but was also found to be associated with adverse effects. Advances involving a less invasive method, that is, deep brain stimulation (DBS), has led to a reappraisal of this target. METHODS Eight patients with severe essential tremor involving the proximal arm were treated using unilateral stimulation of the posterior part of the subthalamic white matter. The tentative target was situated in the area lateral to the red nucleus and posteromedial to the subthalamic nucleus. Macrostimulation was used to find the optimal site to suppress tremor. Through a quadripolar DBS lead, somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) were recorded. Improvement of tremor was evaluated based on a modified clinical tremor rating scale. Anatomical locations of all contacts were assessed using stereotactic guidance and represented on the Schaltenbrand-Wahren atlas. CONCLUSIONS A characteristic diphasic pattern of SSEPs reaffirmed the electrophysiological endorsement of this target. Tremors, both proximal and distal, were remarkably improved in all patients. The rate of improvement, as indicated by the total tremor score, was a mean of 81%. Axial tremors in the legs and head were also improved. Most of the contacts associated with remarkable improvement were located in the posterior part of the subthalamic white matter (the zona incerta and prelemniscal radiation). Neither major complications nor neurological deterioration was observed. The authors concluded that DBS of the posterior part of the subthalamic white matter together with SSEP recording is a safe and effective method to ameliorate severe intractable tremors.
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Romanelli P, Brontë-Stewart H, Courtney T, Heit G. Possible necessity for deep brain stimulation of both the ventralis intermedius and subthalamic nuclei to resolve Holmes tremor. Case report. J Neurosurg 2003; 99:566-71. [PMID: 12959446 DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.99.3.0566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Holmes tremor is characterized by resting, postural, and intention tremor. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of both the nucleus ventralis intermedius (Vim) and the subthalamic nucleus (STN) may be required to control these three tremor components. A 79-year-old man presented with a long-standing combination of resting, postural, and intention tremor, which was associated with severe disability and was resistant to medical treatment. Neuroimaging studies failed to reveal areas of discrete brain damage. A DBS device was placed in the Vim and produced an improvement in both the intention and postural tremor, but there was residual resting tremor, as demonstrated by clinical observation and quantitative tremor analysis. Placement of an additional DBS device in the STN resolved the resting tremor. Stimulation of the Vim or STN alone failed to produce global resolution of mixed tremor, whereas combined Vim-STN stimulation produced global relief without creating noticeable side effects. Combined Vim-STN stimulation can thus be a safe and effective treatment for Holmes tremor.
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- Pantaleo Romanelli
- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California 94305-5327, USA
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Hamel W, Fietzek U, Morsnowski A, Schrader B, Herzog J, Weinert D, Pfister G, Müller D, Volkmann J, Deuschl G, Mehdorn HM. Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease: evaluation of active electrode contacts. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003; 74:1036-46. [PMID: 12876231 PMCID: PMC1738607 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.8.1036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND The subthalamic nucleus is the preferred target for deep brain stimulation in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease. The site of permanent stimulation is the subject of ongoing debate, as stimulation both within and adjacent to the subthalamic nucleus may be effective. OBJECTIVE To assess the position of active electrode contacts in relation to the dorsal margin of the subthalamic nucleus as determined by intraoperative microrecordings and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS In 25 patients suffering from severe levodopa sensitive parkinsonism, deep brain stimulating electrodes (n = 49) were implanted following mapping of the subthalamic nucleus by microrecording and microstimulation along five parallel tracks. Postoperative stereotactic radiography and fusion of pre- and postoperative MRI studies were used to determine the stereotactic position relative to the midcommissural point of the most effective electrode contacts selected for permanent stimulation (n = 49). Intraoperative microrecordings were analysed retrospectively to define the dorsal margin of the subthalamic nucleus. In cases where the dorsal margin could be defined in at least three microrecording tracks (n = 37) it was correlated with the position of the active contact using an algorithm developed for direct three dimensional comparisons. RESULTS Stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus resulted in marked improvement in levodopa sensitive parkinsonian symptoms and levodopa induced dyskinesias, with significant improvement in UPDRS III scores. In several instances, projection of the electrode artefacts onto the T2 weighted MRI visualised subthalamic nucleus of individual patients suggested that the electrodes had passed through the subthalamic nucleus. When the actual position of active electrode contacts (n = 35) was correlated with the dorsal margin of the subthalamic nucleus as defined neurophysiologically, most contacts were located either in proximity (+/- 1.0 mm) to the dorsal border of the subthalamic nucleus (32.4%) or further dorsal within the subthalamic region (37.8%). The other active contacts (29.7%) were detected within the dorsal (sensorimotor) subthalamic nucleus. The average position of all active contacts (n = 49) was 12.8 mm (+/- 1.0) lateral, 1.9 mm (+/- 1.4) posterior, and 1.6 mm (+/- 2.1) ventral to the midcommissural point. CONCLUSIONS Subthalamic nucleus stimulation appears to be most effective in the border area between the upper subthalamic nucleus (sensorimotor part) and the subthalamic area containing the zona incerta, fields of Forel, and subthalamic nucleus projections.
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- W Hamel
- Department of Neurosurgery, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany.
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Velasco F, Jiménez F, Pérez ML, Carrillo-Ruiz JD, Velasco AL, Ceballos J, Velasco M. Electrical stimulation of the prelemniscal radiation in the treatment of Parkinson's disease: an old target revised with new techniques. Neurosurgery 2001; 49:293-306; discussion 306-8. [PMID: 11504105 DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200108000-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE In the treatment of tremor and rigidity in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), the prelemniscal radiation (RAPRL), a subthalamic bundle of fibers, is an exquisite target that can be visualized easily on ventriculograms. We sought to evaluate the effect of electrical stimulation of the RAPRL on symptoms and signs of PD in a long-term trial and to determine the localization of the stimulated area by means of stereotactic magnetic resonance imaging studies. METHODS Ten patients with PD predominantly on one side had tetrapolar electrodes stereotactically oriented through a frontal parasagittal approach to the RAPRL contralateral to the most prominent symptoms. Preoperative and postoperative evaluations at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after surgery were performed using conventional PD scales and quantitative evaluations of tremor amplitude and reaction time. Stereotactic high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging studies with the electrodes in place were used for anatomic localization. RESULTS In all patients, temporary suppression of tremor occurred when the electrodes reached the target. The most effective stimulation was obtained when the pair of contacts was placed in the RAPRL. Long-term stimulation at 130 Hz, 0.09 to 0.450 milliseconds, and 1.5 to 3.0 V produced significant improvement in tremor and rigidity and mild improvement in bradykinesia. CONCLUSION The RAPRL is an effective target for the alleviation of tremor and rigidity in patients with PD by either lesioning or neuromodulation; however, neuromodulation has the advantage of not inducing an increase in bradykinesia. The stimulated area seems to be independent of the subthalamic nucleus.
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- F Velasco
- Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Unit, General Hospital of Mexico, National Medical Center IMSS, Mexico City.
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Magnin M, Jetzer U, Morel A, Jeanmonod D. Microelectrode recording and macrostimulation in thalamic and subthalamic MRI guided stereotactic surgery. Neurophysiol Clin 2001; 31:230-8. [PMID: 11596530 DOI: 10.1016/s0987-7053(01)00261-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Stereotactic neurosurgery aims at placing therapeutic lesions or chronic stimulating electrodes at very precise locations within the brain. Microelectrode recording and macrostimulation are used in addition to anatomoradiological techniques to optimize targeting. Recently, the usefulness of electrophysiological procedures has been questioned. Based on more than 500 therapeutic stereotactic lesions in the last 10 years at the thalamic and subthalamic levels, we evaluate here retrospectively the utility of the two electrophysiological procedures. In two of the three stereotactic targets considered in this study, intraoperative electrophysiological confirmation is mandatory because of the target size with respect to interindividual anatomical variations and of the more or less close vicinity of eloquent structures.
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- M Magnin
- IFR 19, EA 1880, Sleep Disorders Unit, Neurological Hospital, 59, boulevard Pinel, 69003 Lyon, France
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