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ArticleNeuroImage. Clinical2024

Disbalanced recruitment of crossed and uncrossed cerebello-thalamic pathways during deep brain stimulation is predictive of delayed therapy escape in essential tremor.

Bastian E A Sajonz, Marvin L Frommer, Marco Reisert, Ganna Blazhenets, Nils Schröter, Alexander Rau, Thomas Prokop, Peter C Reinacher, Michel Rijntjes, Horst Urbach and 2 more

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Bastian E A SajonzDepartment of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. Electronic address: bastian.sajonz@unikllinik-freiburg.de.
Marvin L FrommerDepartment of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Marco ReisertDepartment of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; Division of Medical Physics, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany.
Ganna BlazhenetsDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Nils SchröterDepartment of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Alexander RauDepartment of Neuroradiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Thomas ProkopDepartment of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Peter C ReinacherDepartment of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT), Aachen, Germany.
Michel RijntjesDepartment of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Horst UrbachDepartment of Neuroradiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Philipp T MeyerDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Volker A CoenenDepartment of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; Center for Deep Brain Stimulation, University of Freiburg, Germany.
University of Freiburg · DEUniversity Medical Center Freiburg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an efficacious treatment for drug-resistant essential tremor (ET) and the dentato-rubro-thalamic tract (DRT) constitutes an important target structure. However, up to 40% of patients habituate and lose treatment efficacy over time, frequently accompanied by a stimulation-induced cerebellar syndrome. The phenomenon termed delayed therapy escape (DTE) is insufficiently understood. Our previous work showed that DTE clinically is pronounced on the non-dominant side and suggested that differential involvement of crossed versus uncrossed DRT (DRTx/DRTu) might play a role in DTE development.

methodsWe retrospectively enrolled right-handed patients under bilateral thalamic DBS >12 months for ET from a cross-sectional study. They were characterized with the Fahn-Tolosa-Marin Tremor Rating Scale (FTMTRS) and Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) scores at different timepoints. Normative fiber tractographic evaluations of crossed and uncrossed cerebellothalamic pathways and volume of activated tissue (VAT) studies together with [

resultsA total of 29 patients met the inclusion criteria. Favoring DRTu over DRTx in the non-dominant VAT was associated with DTE (R

conclusionOur results suggest that a disbalanced recruitment of DRTu in the non-dominant VAT induces detrimental stimulation effects on the dominant cerebellar outflow (together with contralateral stimulation) leading to DTE and thus hampering the overall treatment efficacy.

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Deep Brain StimulationEssential TremorAtaxiaCross-Sectional StudiesDiffusion Tensor ImagingHumansRetrospective StudiesThalamusTreatment OutcomeAtaxiaCerebello-thalamic projection pathwaysDeep brain stimulationDelayed therapy escapeDentato-rubro-thalamic tractEssential tremorTremor network

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