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In addition to pharmacotherapy, parkinsonian tremor and spasmodic torticollis can effectively be treated by small stereotaxic lesions in the ventrolateral thalamus [6]. As a side effect, postoperatively a contralateral hypotonia in postural tone is observed [10, 11]. For instance, parkinsonian rigidity and tremor are abolished, but no loss of force, epicritic sensitivity or ataxia are observed, and the phasic stretch reflexes remain unchanged.
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Birk, P., Riescher, H., Struppler, A., Keidel, M. (1987). SEP and Muscle Responses Related to Thalamic (VL) and Subthalamic Structures in Man. In: Struppler, A., Weindl, A. (eds) Clinical Aspects of Sensory Motor Integration. Advances in Applied Neurological Sciences, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71540-2_31
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