Orthostatic tremor arises from an oscillator in the posterior fossa

Movement Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 272-279

  Wu, Y R ^b   Ashby, P ^a   Lang, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebellar stimulation; Golgi tendon organ; Orthostatic tremor; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CLONAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PRIMIDONE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROMODULATION; OSCILLATOR; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; STANDING; TENDON RECEPTOR; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; INTERNEURONS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TREMOR; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0035297104     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.1045     Document Type: Article

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