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In the course of stereotacic thalamotomy for treatment of movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, post-traumatic tremor, other kinds of tremor, dystonia, choreic movement, etc., we always use microrecording to determine the precise target to be coagulated (Ohye, 1994; 1996). While depth recording is useful for targeting, it also provides a unique opportunity to gain insight into the ongoing pathophysiological changes of neuronal activity in the human thalamus (Ohye et al., 1989; Ohye, 1997).
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Ohye, C., Shibazaki, T. (2001). Behavior of Thalamic Neurons in the Movement Disorders — Tremor and Dystonia. In: Kultas-Ilinsky, K., Ilinsky, I.A. (eds) Basal Ganglia and Thalamus in Health and Movement Disorders. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1235-6_25
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