O-3-5. Beta oscillation in the thalamic Vim single unit activities is not predominant in upper limb dystonia

Thalamic Vim is a relay nucleus from the cerebellum and one of the targets for relieving symptoms of upper limb dystonia as well as tremor-dominant Parkinson ’s disease (PD) and essential tremor (ET). Beta oscillation is reported to be predominant from the single unit analysis in this nucleus in PD, ET and chronic pain (Basha D et al., 2014). We analyzed the Vim oscillation at rest in five cases with upper limb dystonia (four females, mean age of 31.2  yo) to elucidate whether beta oscillation is predominant also in dystonia.
Source: Clinical Neurophysiology - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Source Type: research