Deep Brain Stimulation of the Ventroposteromedial (VPM) Thalamus 10 Years after VPM Thalamotomy to Treat a Recurrent Facial Pain

2016 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yves Yamgoue ◽  
Etienne Pralong ◽  
Marc Levivier ◽  
Jocelyne Bloch
Keyword(s):  
Deep Brain Stimulation ◽  
Brain Stimulation ◽  
Facial Pain ◽  
Deep Brain ◽  
Stimulation Of

Deep brain stimulation modulates hypothalamic-brainstem fibers in cluster headache: case report

2020 ◽  
Vol 132 (3) ◽  
pp. 717-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sérgio A. F. Dantas ◽  
Eduardo J. L. Alho ◽  
Juliano J. da Silva ◽  
Nilson N. Mendes Neto ◽  
Erich Talamoni Fonoff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Brain Stimulation ◽  
Cluster Headache ◽  
Brain Stimulation ◽  
Clinical Effects ◽  
Chronic Stimulation ◽  
Mammillary Bodies ◽  
Fiber Tracts ◽  
White Matter Region ◽  
Deep Brain ◽  
Stimulation Of

Hypothalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been used for more than a decade to treat cluster headache (CH) but its mechanisms remain poorly understood. The authors have successfully treated a patient with CH using hypothalamic DBS and found that the contact used for chronic stimulation was located in a white matter region posterior to the mammillary bodies. Fiber tracts crossing that region were the medial forebrain bundle and those interconnecting the hypothalamus and brainstem, including the dorsal longitudinal fasciculus. Because the stimulation of axons is an important mechanism of DBS, some of its clinical effects in CH may be related to the stimulation of fibers interconnecting the hypothalamus and brainstem.

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