000849954 001__ 849954 000849954 005__ 20210129234354.0 000849954 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1212/WNL.0000000000005956 000849954 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a0028-3878 000849954 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a1526-632X 000849954 0247_ $$2pmid$$apmid:29970404 000849954 0247_ $$2WOS$$aWOS:000442266600006 000849954 0247_ $$2altmetric$$aaltmetric:44532212 000849954 037__ $$aFZJ-2018-04049 000849954 082__ $$a610 000849954 1001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)131613$$aBarbe, Michael$$b0$$eCorresponding author 000849954 245__ $$aDBS of the PSA and the VIM in essential tremor 000849954 260__ $$aPhiladelphia, Pa.$$bWolters Kluwer$$c2018 000849954 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000849954 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000849954 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article$$bjournal$$mjournal$$s1547048931_3110 000849954 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000849954 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000849954 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000849954 520__ $$aObjective To evaluate deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the posterior subthalamic area (PSA) in essential tremor (ET) and compare it to the ventral intermediate nucleus of the thalamus (VIM) in terms of stimulation efficacy, efficiency, and side effects.Methods DBS leads were implanted such that contacts were placed in the VIM, on the intercommissural line, and in the PSA. Thirteen patients with ET entered a randomized, double-blind crossover phase and completed a 1-year follow-up.Results PSA-DBS significantly reduced tremor severity and improved quality of life. There were no relevant differences in quality and frequency of stimulation side effects between VIM and PSA, with a tendency toward greater tremor improvement with PSA stimulation. Clinical benefit was achieved at significantly lower stimulation amplitudes in the PSA. The majority of patients remained with PSA-DBS after 1 year.Conclusion In accordance with previous retrospective investigations, our prospective data suggest that PSA-DBS is at least equally effective as but possibly more efficient than VIM-DBS.Classification of evidence This study provides Class I evidence that for patients with essential tremor, PSA-DBS is not significantly different from VIM-DBS in suppressing tremor, but clinical benefit from PSA-DBS is attained at lower stimulation amplitudes. 000849954 536__ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF3-572$$a572 - (Dys-)function and Plasticity (POF3-572)$$cPOF3-572$$fPOF III$$x0 000849954 588__ $$aDataset connected to CrossRef 000849954 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aReker, Paul$$b1 000849954 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aHamacher, Stefanie$$b2 000849954 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aFranklin, Jeremy$$b3 000849954 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aKraus, Daria$$b4 000849954 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aDembek, Till A.$$b5 000849954 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aBecker, Johannes$$b6 000849954 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aSteffen, Julia K.$$b7 000849954 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aAllert, Niels$$b8 000849954 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aWirths, Jochen$$b9 000849954 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aDafsari, Haidar S.$$b10 000849954 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aVoges, Jürgen$$b11 000849954 7001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)131720$$aFink, Gereon R.$$b12 000849954 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aVisser-Vandewalle, Veerle$$b13 000849954 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aTimmermann, Lars$$b14 000849954 773__ $$0PERI:(DE-600)1491874-2$$a10.1212/WNL.0000000000005956$$gp. 10.1212/WNL.0000000000005956 -$$n6$$ppage 247$$tNeurology$$v91$$x1526-632X$$y2018 000849954 909CO $$ooai:juser.fz-juelich.de:849954$$pVDB 000849954 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)5008462-8$$6P:(DE-Juel1)131613$$aForschungszentrum Jülich$$b0$$kFZJ 000849954 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)5008462-8$$6P:(DE-Juel1)131720$$aForschungszentrum Jülich$$b12$$kFZJ 000849954 9131_ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF3-572$$1G:(DE-HGF)POF3-570$$2G:(DE-HGF)POF3-500$$3G:(DE-HGF)POF3$$4G:(DE-HGF)POF$$aDE-HGF$$bKey Technologies$$lDecoding the Human Brain$$v(Dys-)function and Plasticity$$x0 000849954 9141_ $$y2018 000849954 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0410$$2StatID$$aAllianz-Lizenz 000849954 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0100$$2StatID$$aJCR$$bNEUROLOGY : 2015 000849954 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0200$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bSCOPUS 000849954 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0300$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bMedline 000849954 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0310$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bNCBI Molecular Biology Database 000849954 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0199$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bThomson Reuters Master Journal List 000849954 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0110$$2StatID$$aWoS$$bScience Citation Index 000849954 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0150$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bWeb of Science Core Collection 000849954 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0111$$2StatID$$aWoS$$bScience Citation Index Expanded 000849954 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)1110$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bCurrent Contents - Clinical Medicine 000849954 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)1030$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bCurrent Contents - Life Sciences 000849954 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)1050$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bBIOSIS Previews 000849954 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)9905$$2StatID$$aIF >= 5$$bNEUROLOGY : 2015 000849954 920__ $$lyes 000849954 9201_ $$0I:(DE-Juel1)INM-3-20090406$$kINM-3$$lKognitive Neurowissenschaften$$x0 000849954 980__ $$ajournal 000849954 980__ $$aVDB 000849954 980__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)INM-3-20090406 000849954 980__ $$aUNRESTRICTED