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Open AccessCorrection to: Long-term effects of bilateral pallidal deep brain stimulation in dystonia: a follow-up between 8 and 16 years
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Open AccessLong-term effects of bilateral pallidal deep brain stimulation in dystonia: a follow-up between 8 and 16 years
Observational study to evaluate the long-term motor and non-motor effects of deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the globus pallidus internus (GPi) on medically refractory dystonia.
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Long-term results of deep brain stimulation in a cohort of eight children with isolated dystonia
Pallidal deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an established treatment for patients with severe isolated dystonia. However, clinical evidence for the long-term use of DBS in children is limited and controlled trial...
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Long-term effect on dystonia after pallidal deep brain stimulation (DBS) in three members of a family with a THAP1 mutation
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the globus pallidus internus (GPi) is an established treatment in patients with severe dystonia. However, factors predicting outcome are largely unknown and motor improvement in...
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Different patterns of local field potentials from limbic DBS targets in patients with major depressive and obsessive compulsive disorder
The role of distinct limbic areas in emotion regulation has been largely inferred from neuroimaging studies. Recently, the opportunity for intracranial recordings from limbic areas has arisen in patients under...
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Quadruple deep brain stimulation in Huntington’s disease, targeting pallidum and subthalamic nucleus: case report and review of the literature
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) represents an established treatment option in a growing number of movement disorders. Recent case reports suggest beneficial effect of globus pallidus internus (GPi)-DBS in selecte...
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Fabrication of Metallic Magnetic Calorimeter X-ray Detector Arrays
Microcalorimeters with metallic magnetic sensors show great promise for use in astronomical X-ray spectroscopy. We describe the design and fabrication of a lithographically patterned magnetic microcalorimeter...
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„Schlaf-Wach-Schlaf“-Technik zur CS Wachkraniotomie
Wachkraniotomien in der Tumor- und Epilepsiechirurgie oder bei der stereotaktischen Elektrodenimplantation für die tiefe Hirnstimulation erfordern spezifische anästhesiologische Strategien. Mit Propofol werden...
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Neurological Outcome after Decompressive Craniectomy (DC) in 39 Patients Suffering from Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) Infarction
Objectives:Cerebral lobe infarction caused by traumatic brain contusion, arterial vascular spasm or occlusion, with malignant brain edema may lead to intracranial hypertension resistant to all me...
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Oxymetrie im Bulbus jugularis bei komatösen Patienten
Das Monitoring der Sauerstoffsättigung im Bulbus venae jugularis (auch Bulbusoxymetrie genannt) ist eine Methode zur kontinuierlichen Erfassung der globalen zerebrovenösen Sauerstoffsättigung (SjvO2). Diese kan...
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Multimodal Cerebral Monitoring in Comatose Head-Injured Patients
Monitoring of comatose patients in the neurosurgical intensive care unit (NICU) is constantly extended by the development of new methods for monitoring of cerebral function, metabolism and oxygenation. To sim...
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Neuroprotective Properties of Aptiganel HCL (Cerestat©) following Controlled Cortical Impact Injury
Recent studies revealed a neuroprotective effect of the non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonist Aptiganel HCL (Cerestat© CNS 1102) in focal cerebral ischemia. This study investigates the influence of Cerestat on...
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Bifrontal Measurements of Brain Tissue-PO2 in Comatose Patients
The purpose of this study was to compare brain tissue-PO2 (PtiO2) in lesioned vs. non-lesioned brain tissue.
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Cerebral Oxygenation in Contusioned vs. Nonlesioned Brain Tissue: Moniting of PtiO2 with Licox and Paratrend
Brain tissue PO2 in severely head injured patients was monitored in parallel with two different PO2-microsensors (Licox and Paratrend). Three different locations of sensor placement were chosen: (1) both catheter...
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Monitoring of Brain Tissue PO2 in Traumatic Brain Injury: Effect of Cerebral Hypoxia on Outcome
This study investigates the effect of hypoxic brain tissue PO2 on outcome, and examines the incidence of possible causes for cerebral hypoxia.
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Glutamate Enhances Brain Damage from Ischemia and Trauma
The amino acid glutamate is a model agent to demonstrate the significance of neurotoxic mediator compounds in secondary brain damage from trauma, ischemia or other adverse conditions. Intensive research of the...
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Effect of Tromethamine (THAM) on Infarct Volume Following Permanent Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in Rats
This study investigates the influence on tromethamine (THAM) on ischemic volume induced by permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) in rats.
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Monitoring of Cerebral Oxygenation in Traumatic Brain Injured Patients
For many years, the sequel of traumatic brain injury distinguished between primary and secondary damage. Primary damage, caused by the physical forces associated with the trauma, occurs more or less instantly ...
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Mannitol Decreases ICP but Does Not Improve Brain-Tissue pO2 in Severely Head-Injured Patients with Intracranial Hypertension
Little is known about the effect of post-traumatic mannitol infusion on cerebral metabolism and oxygenation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of mannitol in comatose patients on PtiO2, Pti...
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Epidural lipomatosis: case report and literature review
We report a case of symptomatic epidural lipomatosis in a 36-year-old man following a heart lung transplant and 3.5 years of steroid medication. A review of the pertinent literature emphasises the importance o...
