Spinal Cord Stimulation for Intractable Pain
Fig. 12.1 (a) (surface histogram) The depression of RIII (“nociceptive”) flexion reflexes induced by SCS in a 35-year-old woman with electrodes at T10 level. Each trace is the rectified average…
Deep Brain Stimulation for Essential Tremor
(1) Department of Motor Neuroscience and Neurotherapeutics, Institute of Health Bioscience, Graduate School of Medical Science, University of Tokushima, Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan Ryoma Morigaki Email: sgoto@clin.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp 11.1…
Thalamic Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease: Clinical Studies on DBS
Fig. 9.1 Microelectrode recording of Vim and electromyogram of tremor in 60-year-old male with tremor-dominant Parkinson’s disease. (a) Schematic presentation of trajectory to Vim in Schaltenbrand–Wahren atlas (1977) at 12…
Intraoperative Microelectrode Recording
Fig. 4.1 Electrodes used for microelectrode recording (MER). (a) MER performed using the electrode tip (arrowhead) as the recording electrode and the tip of the outer sheath (arrow) as the…
Surgical Technique of Brain Stimulation
and Toru Itakura2 (1) Department of Neurological Surgery, Wakayama Medical University Hospital, Wakayama, Japan (2) Department of Neurological Surgery, Koyo Hospital, Wakayama, Japan 6.1 Introduction Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is…
Functional Circuitry of the Basal Ganglia
Fig. 1.1 Basal ganglia. Human basal ganglia shown in a frontal section and in a lateral view (inset). The basal ganglia receive cortical inputs and return processed information to the…
Stimulation of Subthalamic Nucleus for Parkinson’s Disease
Fig. 7.1 Postoperative radiograph example of subthalamic deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS). (a, b) Skull X-ray demonstrates electrode leads for STN-DBS (white arrow). (c) Chest X-ray demonstrates implantable pulse generators in…
Complications of Deep Brain Stimulation
Complications related to surgical procedure Intracranial hemorrhage Epilepsy Air embolism Follett KA n = 299 2 – – Deuschl G n = 78 3.8 – – Kleiner-Fisman G n = 921 3.9 1.5 – PahwaR…
Deep Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy: Evidence for Limbic Network Disruption via Chronic Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus and Hippocampus Stimulation
Study Type No. of patients Seizure type Follow up Stimulation parameters Resultsa SANTE Multi-center, double-blind, randomized controlled trial 108 Partial onset 3 months (blinded) 145 Hz, 1 min on, 5…
Symptoms and Signs of Parkinson’s Disease and Other Movement Disorders
Fig. 3.1 Postural abnormality of a patient with Parkinson’s disease. The elbows, hips, and knees are flexed; the trunk is bent forward; and the arms are held in front of…
