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Treatment of tremor in Parkinson’s disease by subthalamic nucleus stimulation

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The recent resurgent interest in functional surgery for the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD) has focused on the effects on akinesia and levodopa‐induced dyskinesia. Stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) improves akinesia and rigidity but its effects on tremor have not been studied. The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy of STN stimulation on tremor in patients with the complete parkinsonian triad with motor fluctuations. Of 27 consecutive patients with STN stimulation (26 bilateral), 15 exhibited tremor rated at least 2/4 according to item 20 (rest tremor) of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) in at least one limb. The mean preoperative tremor score was 11.3 ± 5.6 in off‐drug and 1.2 ± 2.4 in on‐drug conditions. The postoperative tremor scores at the last follow up (from 1–12 months) were 2.2 ± 2.2 off‐drug/on‐stimulation and 0.2 ± 0.4 on‐drug/on‐stimulation. Both rest and action tremors were improved in all patients. The UPDRS tremor score was reduced by 80%, rigidity score by 65%, and akinesia score by 51% on average. For the three symptoms, the stimulation effect was close to that induced before surgery by a suprathreshold dose of levodopa given in the morning. STN stimulation can be considered an interesting alternative to thalamic or internal pallidal surgery even in PD patients with severe high‐amplitude tremor. In keeping with electrophysiological data in monkeys rendered parkinsonian by MPTP injections, our results emphasize the importance of the oscillation of a neuronal loop involving the STN in the pathophysiology of parkinsonian tremor.

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Authors
Krack, P., Benazzouz, A., Pollak, P., Limousin, P., Piallat, B., Hoffmann, D., Xie, J., & Benabid, A.
Affiliations
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble (FR)
Corresponding author
Krack, P.
Venue
Movement Disorders
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1998-11
Volume
13
Issue
6
Pages
907-914
ISSN
  • 0885-3185 (ISSN-L)
  • 1531-8257
OpenAlex
W2052211978
Cited by
252
References
48
Citations by year
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FWCI
11.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Movement Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Deep Brain Stimulation and Movement Disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
Keywords
Parkinson's disease, tremor, subthalamic nucleus, deep brain stimulation, resting tremor, action tremor, akinesia, rigidity, motor fluctuations, levodopa, thalamic stimulation, pallidal stimulation, neural oscillations, MPTP
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Electrodes, Implanted, Electrophysiology, Electric Stimulation Therapy, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Parkinson Disease, Stereotaxic Techniques, Thalamic Nuclei, Tremor, Statistics, Nonparametric

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