Cognitive outcomes following unilateral magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor: findings from two cohorts.

ABSTRACT: Magnetic resonance-guided, focused ultrasound thalamotomy is a neurosurgical treatment for refractory essential tremor. This study examined cognitive outcomes following unilateral magnetic resonance-guided, focused ultrasound thalamotomy, targeting the ventral intermediate nucleus of the thalamus for essential tremor. The research was conducted at two sites: Sunnybrook Research Institute in Toronto, Canada, and West Virginia University School of Medicine Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute in West Virginia, USA. The study focused on cognitive changes at both the group and individual levels. Patients with refractory essential tremor completed cognitive testing before and after magnetic resonance-guided, focused ultrasound thalamotomy at both sites. The cognitive testing assessed domains of a

SUBMITTER: Petersen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11406546 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature