Disruption of nigrostriatal and cerebellothalamic pathways in dopamine responsive Holmes' tremor

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 921-923

  Seidel, S ^a   Kasprian, G ^a   Leutmezer, F ^a   Prayer, D ^a   Auff, E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3BETA (4 IODOPHENYL) 2BETA TROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; LEVODOPA; PRAMIPEXOLE; BENZOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PRAMIPEXOL;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADD ON THERAPY; ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAZE PARALYSIS; HEMIPARESIS; HOLMES TREMOR; HUMAN; LIMB TREMOR; MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE; MESENCEPHALON; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULAR SURGERY; CEREBELLUM; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNDROME; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

BENZOTHIAZOLES; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOPAMINE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNDROME; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67849121579     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.146324     Document Type: Article

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