Anticonvulsive effect of anterior thalamic deep brain stimulation in super-refractory status epilepticus crucially depends on active stimulation zone-A single case observation

Seizure. 2019 Oct:71:286-288. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2019.08.015. Epub 2019 Aug 28.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: lukas.imbach@usz.ch.
² Department of Neurology, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁴ Swiss Epilepsy Center, Zurich, Switzerland.

PMID: 31493681
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2019.08.015

No abstract available

Keywords: Anterior nucleus of the thalamus; Deep brain stimulation; Epilepsy; Status epilepticus.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Anterior Thalamic Nuclei / physiology
Deep Brain Stimulation / methods*
Drug Resistant Epilepsy / therapy*
Female
Humans
Status Epilepticus / therapy*