The distributed somatotopy of tremor: A window into the motor system

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 156-158

  Helmich, Rick C ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NOTE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TREMOR;

ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

EID: 84872858867     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2012.12.015     Document Type: Note

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