A comprehensive review of brain connectomics and imaging to improve deep brain stimulation outcomes

JK Wong, EH Middlebrooks, SS Grewal… - Movement …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
DBS is an effective neuromodulatory therapy that has been applied in various conditions,
including PD, essential tremor, dystonia, Tourette syndrome, and other movement disorders …

[HTML][HTML] The role of the motor thalamus in deep brain stimulation for essential tremor

C Neudorfer, K Kultas-Ilinsky, I Ilinsky, S Paschen… - …, 2024 - Elsevier
The advent of next-generation technology has significantly advanced the implementation
and delivery of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for Essential Tremor (ET), yet controversies …

[HTML][HTML] An atlas of white matter anatomy, its variability, and reproducibility based on constrained spherical deconvolution of diffusion MRI

AM Radwan, S Sunaert, K Schilling, M Descoteaux… - NeuroImage, 2022 - Elsevier
Virtual dissection of white matter (WM) using diffusion MRI tractography is confounded by its
poor reproducibility. Despite the increased adoption of advanced reconstruction models …

The dentato-rubro-thalamic tract as the potential common deep brain stimulation target for tremor of various origin: an observational case series

VA Coenen, B Sajonz, T Prokop, M Reisert, T Piroth… - Acta …, 2020 - Springer
Introduction Deep brain stimulation alleviates tremor of various origins. The dentato-rubro-
thalamic tract (DRT) has been suspected as a common tremor-reducing structure. Statistical …

[HTML][HTML] PSA and VIM DBS efficiency in essential tremor depends on distance to the dentatorubrothalamic tract

TA Dembek, JN Petry-Schmelzer, P Reker, J Wirths… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate the relation between deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the posterior-
subthalamic-area (PSA) and the ventral-intermediate-nucleus (VIM) and the distance to the …

[HTML][HTML] Reproducible protocol to obtain and measure first-order relay human thalamic white-matter tracts

M Liu, G Lerma-Usabiaga, F Clascá, PM Paz-Alonso - Neuroimage, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The “primary” or “first-order relay” nuclei of the thalamus feed the cerebral cortex
with information about ongoing activity in the environment or the subcortical motor systems …

Focused ultrasound using a novel targeting method four-tract tractography for magnetic resonance–guided high-intensity focused ultrasound targeting

FS Feltrin, R Chopra, N Pouratian, M Elkurd… - Brain …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Magnetic resonance–guided high-intensity focused ultrasound thalamotomy is a Food and
Drug Administration–approved treatment for essential tremor. The target, the ventral …

Deep brain stimulation: emerging tools for simulation, data analysis, and visualization

K Wårdell, T Nordin, D Vogel, P Zsigmond… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a well-established neurosurgical procedure for movement
disorders that is also being explored for treatment-resistant psychiatric conditions. This …

Comparative evaluation of tractography-based direct targeting and atlas-based indirect targeting of the ventral intermediate (Vim) nucleus in MRgFUS thalamotomy

F Bruno, A Catalucci, M Varrassi, F Arrigoni… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
To analyze and compare direct and indirect targeting of the Vim for MRgFUS thalamotomy.
We retrospectively evaluated 21 patients who underwent unilateral MRgFUS Vim ablation …

Deep brain stimulation of the “medial forebrain bundle”: sustained efficacy of antidepressant effect over years

AJ Fenoy, PE Schulz, M Sanches, S Selvaraj… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) to the superolateral branch of the medial forebrain bundle
(MFB) has emerged as a quite efficacious therapy for treatment resistant depression (TRD) …