Posture-related oscillations in human cerebellar thalamus in essential tremor are enabled by voluntary motor circuits

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-127

  Hua, Sherwin E ^a,b   Lenz, Frederick A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMOTOMY; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ACTION POTENTIAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THALAMUS; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS; PERIODICITY; POSTURE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS; VOLITION;

EID: 16644382553     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00527.2004     Document Type: Article

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