Lack of Therapeutic Benefit of Ventral Intermediate Nucleus Thalamotomy for Tremor-Like Myoclonus in Two Cases of Benign Adult Familial Myoclonus Epilepsy
These findings suggest that the Vim may not contribute to the pathophysiology of tremor-like myoclonus in BAFME, despite the established efficacy of Vim thalamotomy in the treatment of essential tremor.
Authors
- Taku Nonaka
- Ichiro Takumi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5045-8077)
- Nobutaka YAMAMOTO
- Takaomi Taira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9982-4493)
- Akikazu Nakamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6226-7099)
- Kiyonobu Ikeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3707-4981)
- Kenko Azuma
- Shiro Horisawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3016-3244)
- Jiro Yamamoto
- Takashi Asahi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6266-3799)
- Hiroyuki Akagawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7791-7384)
Institutions
- St. Marianna University School of Medicine (JP)
- Tokyo Women's Medical University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2025-05-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000546301
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.67