Oculopalatal tremor: Current concepts and new observations

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-73

  Borruat, François Xavier ^a  

^a HÔPITAL OPHTALMIQUE JULES GONIN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

electrotonic coupling; gabapentin; Guillain Mollaret triangle; inferior olivary nucleus; memantine; nystagmus; oculopalatal; olivary hypertrophy; tremor

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; GABAPENTIN; MEMANTINE;

CEREBELLUM; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCULOPALATAL TREMOR; OSCILLATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MYOCLONUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROIMAGING; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; TREMOR;

EID: 84872950414     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32835c60e6     Document Type: Review

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