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@ARTICLE{Pedrosa:154328,
author = {Pedrosa, David J. and Auth, Michelle and Pauls, K. Amande
M. and Runge, Matthias and Maarouf, Mohammad and Fink,
Gereon R. and Timmermann, Lars},
title = {{V}erbal {F}luency in {E}ssential {T}remor {P}atients:
{T}he {E}ffects of {D}eep {B}rain {S}timulation},
journal = {Brain stimulation},
volume = {7},
number = {3},
issn = {1935-861X},
address = {New York, NY [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier},
reportid = {FZJ-2014-03676},
pages = {359 - 364},
year = {2014},
abstract = {ObjectiveTo assess the effects of different frequencies of
thalamic Deep-Brain-Stimulation (DBS) on cognitive
performance of patients suffering from Essential Tremor
(ET).MethodsIn 17 ET-patients with thalamic-DBS,
Tremor-Rating-Scale (TRS), standardized phonemic and
semantic verbal fluency (VF), Stroop-Color-Word-Test and
Digit-span-test were investigated in three randomized
stimulation-settings: i) high-frequency stimulation (HFS),
ii) low-frequency stimulation (LFS) and iii) OFF-stimulation
(DBS-OFF). Paired-samples t-test for TRS and one-way
repeated measures analysis of variance for cognitive
performance were calculated.ResultsTremor was reduced during
HFS (MeanTRS-HFS = 12.9 ± 9.6) compared to DBS-OFF
(MeanTRS-OFF = 44.4 ± 19.8, P < .001) and to LFS
(MeanTRS-10Hz = 50.0 ± 24.2; P < .001). While performance
of Stroop-task and digit-span remained unaffected by
stimulation-settings (P > .05), phonemic and semantic VF
differed significantly between the three conditions (FPvf =
5.28, FSvf = 3.41, both P < .05). Post-hoc comparisons
revealed significant differences for both phonemic and
semantic VF between LFS (MeanPvf-10Hz = 54.6 ± 9.2,
MeanSvf-10Hz = 56.4 ± 7.9) and HFS (MeanPvf-ON = 48.3 ±
11.4, MeanSvf-ON = 51.1 ± 11.0, both P < .05), while
DBS-OFF (MeanPvf-OFF = 51.2 ± 9.3, MeanSvf-OFF = 53.6 ±
12.9) and HFS and DBS-OFF and LFS did not differ
significantly (P > .05).ConclusionsHFS compared to LFS or
DBS-OFF significantly reduced tremor but simultaneously
worsened VF while working memory and cognitive inhibition
remained unaffected. In contrast, LFS enhanced VF but did
not ameliorate tremor. The data emphasize the relevance of
thalamocortical loops for verbal fluency but also suggest
that more sophisticated DBS-regimes in ET may improve both
motor and cognitive performance},
cin = {INM-3},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-3-20090406},
pnm = {333 - Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Neurological and
Psychiatric Diseases (POF2-333) / 89572 - (Dys-)function and
Plasticity (POF2-89572)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF2-333 / G:(DE-HGF)POF2-89572},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000335739400004},
doi = {10.1016/j.brs.2014.02.012},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/154328},
}