Pseudobulbar palsy due to deep-brain stimulation of the thalamic ventral intermediate nuclei

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2015 Jun:133:61-3. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2015.03.013. Epub 2015 Mar 20.

Authors

Nicolas Nicastro¹, Joseph Ghika², Pierre Pollak³, Judit Horvath³

Affiliations

¹ Neurology Department, Geneva University Hospitals, 4, rue G. Perret-Gentil, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland(1). Electronic address: Nicolas.nicastro@hcuge.ch.
² Neurology Department, Hopital du Valais, 80, Avenue du Grand-Champsec, 1951 Sion, Switzerland.
³ Neurology Department, Geneva University Hospitals, 4, rue G. Perret-Gentil, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland(1).

PMID: 25839917
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2015.03.013

No abstract available

Keywords: Essential tremor; Pseudobulbar palsy; Vim deep brain stimulation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Deep Brain Stimulation / adverse effects*
Essential Tremor / therapy*
Humans
Male
Pseudobulbar Palsy / etiology*
Ventral Thalamic Nuclei*