Impaired rhythm generation in essential tremor

Movement Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1196-1199

  Farkas, Zsuzsanna ^a   Szirmai, Imre ^a   Kamondi, Anita ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Essential tremor; Event based timing; Finger tapping

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; PERIODICITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33748347730     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20934     Document Type: Article

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