Ronald Tasker - Publications

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Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 

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2004 Brodkey JA, Tasker RR, Hamani C, McAndrews MP, Dostrovsky JO, Lozano AM. Tremor cells in the human thalamus: differences among neurological disorders. Journal of Neurosurgery. 101: 43-7. PMID 15255250 DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.101.1.0043  0.542
2003 Kiss ZH, Wilkinson M, Krcek J, Suchowersky O, Hu B, Murphy WF, Hobson D, Tasker RR. Is the target for thalamic deep brain stimulation the same as for thalamotomy? Movement Disorders : Official Journal of the Movement Disorder Society. 18: 1169-75. PMID 14534922 DOI: 10.1002/mds.10524  0.657
2003 Yamashiro K, Tomiyama N, Terada Y, Samura H, Mukawa J, Tasker RR. Neurons with spontaneous high-frequency discharges in the central nervous system and chronic pain. Acta Neurochirurgica. Supplement. 87: 153-5. PMID 14518544  0.346
2003 Kiss ZH, Davis KD, Tasker RR, Lozano AM, Hu B, Dostrovsky JO. Kinaesthetic neurons in thalamus of humans with and without tremor. Experimental Brain Research. 150: 85-94. PMID 12698220 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1399-3  0.78
2002 Devor M, Govrin-Lippmann R, Rappaport ZH, Tasker RR, Dostrovsky JO. Cranial root injury in glossopharyngeal neuralgia: electron microscopic observations. Case report. Journal of Neurosurgery. 96: 603-6. PMID 11883848 DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.96.3.0603  0.441
2001 Tasker RR. Microelectrode findings in the thalamus in chronic pain and other conditions. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 77: 166-8. PMID 12378070 DOI: 10.1159/000064605  0.319
2001 Wu YR, Levy R, Ashby P, Tasker RR, Dostrovsky JO. Does stimulation of the GPi control dyskinesia by activating inhibitory axons? Movement Disorders : Official Journal of the Movement Disorder Society. 16: 208-16. PMID 11295772 DOI: 10.1002/Mds.1046  0.542
2000 Dostrovsky JO, Levy R, Wu JP, Hutchison WD, Tasker RR, Lozano AM. Microstimulation-induced inhibition of neuronal firing in human globus pallidus. Journal of Neurophysiology. 84: 570-4. PMID 10899228 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.2000.84.1.570  0.556
2000 Davis KD, Hutchison WD, Lozano AM, Tasker RR, Dostrovsky JO. Human anterior cingulate cortex neurons modulated by attention-demanding tasks. Journal of Neurophysiology. 83: 3575-7. PMID 10848573 DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.6.3575  0.606
2000 Davis KD, Taub E, Duffner F, Lozano AM, Tasker RR, Houle S, Dostrovsky JO. Activation of the anterior cingulate cortex by thalamic stimulation in patients with chronic pain: a positron emission tomography study. Journal of Neurosurgery. 92: 64-9. PMID 10616084 DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.92.1.0064  0.666
1999 Pahapill PA, Levy R, Dostrovsky JO, Davis KD, Rezai AR, Tasker RR, Lozano AM. Tremor arrest with thalamic microinjections of muscimol in patients with essential tremor. Annals of Neurology. 46: 249-52. PMID 10443891 DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(199908)46:2<249::Aid-Ana15>3.0.Co;2-C  0.604
1999 Radhakrishnan V, Tsoukatos J, Davis KD, Tasker RR, Lozano AM, Dostrovsky JO. A comparison of the burst activity of lateral thalamic neurons in chronic pain and non-pain patients. Pain. 80: 567-75. PMID 10342418 DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00248-6  0.667
1999 Hutchison WD, Davis KD, Lozano AM, Tasker RR, Dostrovsky JO. Pain-related neurons in the human cingulate cortex. Nature Neuroscience. 2: 403-5. PMID 10321241 DOI: 10.1038/8065  0.66
1999 Davis KD, Lozano RM, Manduch M, Tasker RR, Kiss ZH, Dostrovsky JO. Thalamic relay site for cold perception in humans. Journal of Neurophysiology. 81: 1970-3. PMID 10200232 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.1999.81.4.1970  0.772
1999 Rezai AR, Lozano AM, Crawley AP, Joy ML, Davis KD, Kwan CL, Dostrovsky JO, Tasker RR, Mikulis DJ. Thalamic stimulation and functional magnetic resonance imaging: localization of cortical and subcortical activation with implanted electrodes. Technical note. Journal of Neurosurgery. 90: 583-90. PMID 10067936 DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.3.0583  0.705
1999 Gross RE, Lombardi WJ, Hutchison WD, Narula S, Saint-Cyr JA, Dostrovsky JO, Tasker RR, Lang AE, Lozano AM. Variability in lesion location after microelectrode-guided pallidotomy for Parkinson's disease: anatomical, physiological, and technical factors that determine lesion distribution. Journal of Neurosurgery. 90: 468-77. PMID 10067915 DOI: 10.3171/Jns.1999.90.3.0468  0.459
1999 Rezai AR, Lozano AM, Crawley AP, Joy MLG, Davis KD, Kwan CL, Dostrovsky JO, Tasker RR, Mikulis DJ. Thalamic stimulation and functional magnetic resonance imaging: localization of cortical and subcortical activation with implanted electrodes Neurosurgical Focus. 6: E4. DOI: 10.3171/foc.1999.6.3.5  0.641
1999 Tasker RR, Dostrovsky JO, Hutchison WD. Microelectrode recording technology Techniques in Neurosurgery. 5: 46-64. DOI: 10.1097/00127927-199905010-00005  0.467
1998 Davis KD, Lozano AM, Tasker RR, Dostrovsky JO. Brain targets for pain control. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 71: 173-9. PMID 10461103 DOI: 10.1159/000029661  0.638
1998 Lozano AM, Hutchison WD, Tasker RR, Lang AE, Junn F, Dostrovsky JO. Microelectrode recordings define the ventral posteromedial pallidotomy target. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 71: 153-63. PMID 10461101 DOI: 10.1159/000029659  0.517
1998 Gálvez-Jiménez N, Lozano A, Tasker R, Duff J, Hutchison W, Lang AE. Pallidal stimulation in Parkinson's disease patients with a prior unilateral pallidotomy. The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. Le Journal Canadien Des Sciences Neurologiques. 25: 300-5. PMID 9827231 DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100034314  0.384
1998 Davis KD, Kiss ZH, Luo L, Tasker RR, Lozano AM, Dostrovsky JO. Phantom sensations generated by thalamic microstimulation. Nature. 391: 385-7. PMID 9450753 DOI: 10.1038/34905  0.781
1998 Davis KD, Taub E, Duffner F, Lozano AM, Tasker RR, Houle S, Dostrovsky JO. Thalamic stimulation activates the anterior cingulate cortex in chronic pain patients: A PET study Neuroimage. 7: S439.  0.563
1997 Yamashiro K, Tomiyama N, Ishida A, Terada Y, Mukawa J, Yoshii Y, Tasker RR, Albe-Fessard D. Characteristics of neurons with high-frequency discharge in the central nervous system and their relationship to chronic pain. Experimental and clinical investigations. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 68: 149-54. PMID 9711708 DOI: 10.1159/000099942  0.326
1997 Tasker RR, Munz M, Junn FS, Kiss ZH, Davis K, Dostrovsky JO, Lozano AM. Deep brain stimulation and thalamotomy for tremor compared. Acta Neurochirurgica. Supplement. 68: 49-53. PMID 9233413 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6513-3_9  0.725
1997 Gross RE, Lozano AM, Lang AE, Tasker RR, Hutchison WD, Dostrovsky JO. The effects of pallidotomy on Parkinson's disease: study design and assessment techniques. Acta Neurochirurgica. Supplement. 68: 24-8. PMID 9233409 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6513-3_5  0.458
1997 Davis KD, Taub E, Houle S, Lang AE, Dostrovsky JO, Tasker RR, Lozano AM. Globus pallidus stimulation activates the cortical motor system during alleviation of parkinsonian symptoms. Nature Medicine. 3: 671-4. PMID 9176495 DOI: 10.1038/nm0697-671  0.638
1997 Hutchison WD, Lozano AM, Tasker RR, Lang AE, Dostrovsky JO. Identification and characterization of neurons with tremor-frequency activity in human globus pallidus. Experimental Brain Research. 113: 557-63. PMID 9108220 DOI: 10.1007/PL00005606  0.556
1997 Tsoukatos J, Kiss ZH, Davis KD, Tasker RR, Dostrovsky JO. Patterns of neuronal firing in the human lateral thalamus during sleep and wakefulness. Experimental Brain Research. 113: 273-82. PMID 9063713 DOI: 10.1007/BF02450325  0.756
1996 Kondziolka D, Lunsford LD, Iacono RP, Lozano A, Hutchison W, Kiss Z, Tasker RR, Davis K, Dostrovsky JO. Stereostatic Pallidotomy [5] Journal of Neurosurgery. 85: 986-990. PMID 8893754  0.636
1996 Davis KD, Kiss ZH, Tasker RR, Dostrovsky JO. Thalamic stimulation-evoked sensations in chronic pain patients and in nonpain (movement disorder) patients. Journal of Neurophysiology. 75: 1026-37. PMID 8867115 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.1996.75.3.1026  0.793
1996 Lozano A, Hutchison W, Kiss Z, Tasker R, Davis K, Dostrovsky J. Methods for microelectrode-guided posteroventral pallidotomy. Journal of Neurosurgery. 84: 194-202. PMID 8592221 DOI: 10.3171/Jns.1996.84.2.0194  0.761
1995 Kiss ZH, Tsoukatos J, Tasker RR, Davis KD, Dostrovsky JO. Sleeping cells in the human thalamus. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 65: 125-9. PMID 8916341 DOI: 10.1159/000098683  0.742
1995 Tasker RR, Vilela Filho O. Deep brain stimulation for neuropathic pain. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 65: 122-4. PMID 8916340 DOI: 10.1159/000098682  0.301
1995 Davis KD, Tasker RR, Kiss ZH, Hutchison WD, Dostrovsky JO. Visceral pain evoked by thalamic microstimulation in humans. Neuroreport. 6: 369-74. PMID 7756631 DOI: 10.1097/00001756-199501000-00035  0.76
1995 Tasker RR, Kiss ZH. The role of the thalamus in functional neurosurgery. Neurosurgery Clinics of North America. 6: 73-104. PMID 7696876  0.687
1995 Lenz FA, Normand SL, Kwan HC, Andrews D, Rowland LH, Jones MW, Seike M, Lin YC, Tasker RR, Dostrovsky JO. Statistical prediction of the optimal site for thalamotomy in parkinsonian tremor. Movement Disorders : Official Journal of the Movement Disorder Society. 10: 318-28. PMID 7651450 DOI: 10.1002/Mds.870100315  0.652
1994 Lenz FA, Kwan HC, Martin RL, Tasker RR, Dostrovsky JO, Lenz YE. Single unit analysis of the human ventral thalamic nuclear group. Tremor-related activity in functionally identified cells. Brain : a Journal of Neurology. 117: 531-43. PMID 8032863 DOI: 10.1093/Brain/117.3.531  0.672
1994 Vilela Filho O, Tasker RR. Pathways involved in thalamic ventrobasal stimulation for pain relief: evidence against the hypothesis VB stimulation-->rostroventral medulla excitation-->dorsal horn inhibition. Arquivos De Neuro-Psiquiatria. 52: 386-91. PMID 7893214  0.353
1994 Lenz FA, Kwan HC, Martin R, Tasker R, Richardson RT, Dostrovsky JO. Characteristics of somatotopic organization and spontaneous neuronal activity in the region of the thalamic principal sensory nucleus in patients with spinal cord transection. Journal of Neurophysiology. 72: 1570-87. PMID 7823087  0.543
1994 Yamashiro K, Mukawa J, Terada Y, Tomiyama N, Ishida A, Mori K, Tasker RR, Albe-Fessard D. Neurons with high-frequency discharge in the central nervous system in chronic pain. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 62: 290-4. PMID 7631084 DOI: 10.1159/000098634  0.338
1994 Kiss ZH, Dostrovsky JO, Tasker RR. Plasticity in human somatosensory thalamus as a result of deafferentation. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 62: 153-63. PMID 7631060 DOI: 10.1159/000098612  0.74
1993 Tasker RR, Dostrovsky JO. What goes on in the motor thalamus? Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 60: 121-6. PMID 8511426  0.508
1993 Dostrovsky JO, Sher GD, Davis KD, Parrent AG, Hutchison WD, Tasker RR. Microinjection of lidocaine into human thalamus: a useful tool in stereotactic surgery. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 60: 168-74. PMID 8327796 DOI: 10.1159/000100606  0.629
1993 Dostrovsky JO, Davis KD, Lee L, Sher GD, Tasker RR. Electrical stimulation-induced effects in the human thalamus. Advances in Neurology. 63: 219-29. PMID 8279307  0.595
1993 Parrent AG, Tasker RR, Dostrovsky JO. Tremor reduction by microinjection of lidocaine during stereotactic surgery. Acta Neurochirurgica. Supplementum. 58: 45-7. PMID 8109300 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-9297-9_9  0.538
1992 Parrent AG, Lozano AM, Dostrovsky JO, Tasker RR. Central pain in the absence of functional sensory thalamus. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 59: 9-14. PMID 1295052 DOI: 10.1159/000098908  0.57
1991 Tasker RR, Dostrovsky JO, Dolan EJ. Computerized tomography (CT) is just as accurate as ventriculography for functional stereotactic thalamotomy. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 57: 157-66. PMID 1842974 DOI: 10.1159/000099568  0.478
1991 Yamashiro K, Iwayama K, Kurihara M, Mori K, Niwa M, Tasker RR, Albe-Fessard D. Neurones with epileptiform discharge in the central nervous system and chronic pain. Experimental and clinical investigations. Acta Neurochirurgica. Supplementum. 52: 130-2. PMID 1724343 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-9160-6_35  0.315
1990 McClean MD, Dostrovsky JO, Lee L, Tasker RR. Somatosensory neurons in human thalamus respond to speech-induced orofacial movements. Brain Research. 513: 343-7. PMID 2350707 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(90)90479-U  0.537
1990 Lenz FA, Kwan HC, Dostrovsky JO, Tasker RR, Murphy JT, Lenz YE. Single unit analysis of the human ventral thalamic nuclear group. Activity correlated with movement. Brain : a Journal of Neurology. 113: 1795-821. PMID 2276045 DOI: 10.1093/Brain/113.6.1795  0.663
1990 Yamashiro K, Tasker RR. Micro stimulation for stereotactic neurosurgery Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 54: 168-171. PMID 2080333 DOI: 10.1159/000100209  0.32
1990 Lenz FA, Martin R, Kwan HC, Tasker RR, Dostrovsky JO. Thalamic single-unit activity occurring in patients with hemidystonia. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 54: 159-62. PMID 2080331 DOI: 10.1159/000100207  0.671
1990 Kwan H, Martin R, Tasker R, Dostrovsky J. Characteristics of spontaneous neuronal activity at different locations in ventrocaudal thalamus of patients with central pain following spinal cord transection Pain. 41: S493. DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(90)93096-G  0.593
1989 Lenz FA, Kwan HC, Dostrovsky JO, Tasker RR. Characteristics of the bursting pattern of action potentials that occurs in the thalamus of patients with central pain. Brain Research. 496: 357-60. PMID 2804648 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(89)91088-3  0.697
1989 Gorecki J, Hirayama T, Dostrovsky JO, Tasker RR, Lenz FA. Thalamic stimulation and recording in patients with deafferentation and central pain. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 52: 219-26. PMID 2657945 DOI: 10.1159/000099504  0.586
1989 Yamashiro K, Tasker RR, Iwayama K, Mori K, Albe-Fessard D, Dostrovsky JO, Chodakiewitz JW. Evoked potentials from the human thalamus: correlation with microstimulation and single unit recording. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 52: 127-35. PMID 2657935 DOI: 10.1159/000099493  0.526
1989 Hirayama T, Dostrovsky JO, Gorecki J, Tasker RR, Lenz FA. Recordings of abnormal activity in patients with deafferentation and central pain. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 52: 120-6. PMID 2657934 DOI: 10.1159/000099492  0.57
1988 Lenz FA, Dostrovsky JO, Kwan HC, Tasker RR, Yamashiro K, Murphy JT. Methods for microstimulation and recording of single neurons and evoked potentials in the human central nervous system. Journal of Neurosurgery. 68: 630-4. PMID 3351591 DOI: 10.3171/Jns.1988.68.4.0630  0.666
1988 Lenz FA, Dostrovsky JO, Tasker RR, Yamashiro K, Kwan HC, Murphy JT. Single-unit analysis of the human ventral thalamic nuclear group: somatosensory responses. Journal of Neurophysiology. 59: 299-316. PMID 3351564 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.1988.59.2.299  0.69
1988 Lenz FA, Tasker RR, Kwan HC, Schnider S, Kwong R, Murayama Y, Dostrovsky JO, Murphy JT. Single unit analysis of the human ventral thalamic nuclear group: correlation of thalamic "tremor cells" with the 3-6 Hz component of parkinsonian tremor. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 8: 754-64. PMID 3346719  0.491
1987 Lenz FA, Tasker RR, Dostrovsky JO, Kwan HC, Gorecki J, Hirayama T, Murphy JT. Abnormal single-unit activity recorded in the somatosensory thalamus of a quadriplegic patient with central pain. Pain. 31: 225-36. PMID 3501563 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(87)90038-8  0.704
1987 Tasker RR, Gorecki J, Lenz FA, Hirayama T, Dostrovsky JO. Thalamic microelectrode recording and microstimulation in central and deafferentation pain. Applied Neurophysiology. 50: 414-7. PMID 3329877 DOI: 10.1159/000100749  0.687
1987 Lenz FA, Tasker RR, Kwan HC, Schider S, Kwong R, Dostrovsky JO, Murphy JT. Selection of the optimal lesion site for the relief of parkinsonian tremor on the basis of spectral analysis of neuronal firing patterns. Applied Neurophysiology. 50: 338-43. PMID 3329872 DOI: 10.1159/000100737  0.673
1987 Lenz FA, Schnider S, Tasker RR, Kwong R, Kwan H, Dostrovsky JO, Murphy JT. The role of feedback in the tremor frequency activity of tremor cells in the ventral nuclear group of human thalamus. Acta Neurochirurgica. Supplementum. 39: 54-6. PMID 3314387 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-8909-2_15  0.661
1987 Tasker RR, Lenz F, Yamashiro K, Gorecki J, Hirayama T, Dostrovsky JO. Microelectrode techniques in localization of stereotactic targets. Neurological Research. 9: 105-12. PMID 2886938 DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1987.11739779  0.708
1987 Lenz FA, Tasker RR, Tatton WG, Halliday W. Long-latency reflex activity in squirrel monkeys with occlusion of the middle cerebral artery. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 67: 238-46. PMID 2441958  0.49
1987 Lenz FA, Tasker RR, Dostrovsky JO. Human thalamic single unit activity in central pain Pain. 30: S347. DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(87)91749-0  0.678
1986 Albe-Fessard D, Tasker R, Yamashiro K, Chodakiewitz J, Dostrovsky J. Comparison in man of short latency averaged evoked potentials recorded in thalamic and scalp hand zones of representation. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 65: 405-15. PMID 2429820 DOI: 10.1016/0168-5597(86)90020-1  0.527
1985 Lenz FA, Tasker RR, Kwan HC, Schnider S, Kwong R, Murphy JT. Cross-correlation analysis of thalamic neurons and EMG activity in parkinsonian tremor Applied Neurophysiology. 48: 305-308. PMID 3017210 DOI: 10.1159/000101148  0.533
1983 Lenz FA, Tatton WG, Tasker RR. The effect of cortical lesions on the electromyographic response to joint displacement in the squirrel monkey forelimb. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 3: 795-805. PMID 6834106  0.54
1983 Lenz FA, Tatton WG, Tasker RR. Electromyographic response to displacement of different forelimb joints in the squirrel monkey. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 3: 783-94. PMID 6834105  0.49
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