Oculopalatal tremor explained by a model of inferior olivary hypertrophy and cerebellar plasticity

Brain

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 923-940

  Shaikh, Aasef G ^a   Hong, Simon ^b   Liao, Ke ^c   Tian, Jing ^a   Solomon, David ^a   Zee, David S ^a   Leigh, R John ^c   Optican, Lance M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Eye movement; Gap junction; Motor disorders; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; INFERIOR OLIVARY HYPERTROPHY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OCULOPALATAL TREMOR; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR;

ADULT; CEREBELLUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PERIODICITY; TREMOR;

EID: 77950223689     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp323     Document Type: Article

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