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Successful Treatment of Holmes Tremor With Deep Brain Stimulation of the Prelemniscal Radiations

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Surgery, May 2018
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Title
Successful Treatment of Holmes Tremor With Deep Brain Stimulation of the Prelemniscal Radiations
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Frontiers in Surgery, May 2018
DOI 10.3389/fsurg.2018.00021
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Authors

Vicente Martinez, Shu-Ching Hu, Thomas J. Foutz, Andew Ko

Abstract

Holmes tremor (HT) is a rare movement disorder that is typically associated with cerebellar, thalamic or brainstem lesions following a delay. Treatment of HT with deep brain stimulation (DBS) has yielded positive results however; it is unclear which deep brain targets provide optimal therapeutic effects. Here we describe a case report in which a 34 year old man with HT treated successfully with DBS. The ventrointermediate nucleus (VIM) of the thalamus was considered as the initial target. Following electrode placement we determined that the ventral-most electrode contacts were located in the prelemniscal radiations (Raprl). When stimulating from the Raprl contacts, the patient demonstrated robust, stable therapeutic improvements using remarkably low voltages. Our case report corroborates prior evidence suggesting the Raprl as a viable therapeutic target for treating HT with DBS.

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Unknown 24 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 6 25%
Student > Bachelor 3 13%
Student > Postgraduate 3 13%
Other 2 8%
Professor 1 4%
Other 2 8%
Unknown 7 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Neuroscience 7 29%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 25%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 8%
Unknown 9 38%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 June 2018.
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#15,005,966
of 23,083,773 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Surgery
#537
of 3,034 outputs
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#199,513
of 331,171 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Surgery
#9
of 17 outputs
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