Thalamic physiology of intentional essential tremor is more like cerebellar tremor than postural essential tremor

Brain Research

Volumn 1529, Issue , 2013, Pages 188-199

  Zakaria, R ^b   Lenz, F A ^a   Hua, S ^c   Avin, B H ^d   Liu, C C ^a   Mari, Z ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c Neurosurgery   (United States)

^d Neurology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential tremor; Human thalamus; Intention tremor; Pacemaker; Single neuron analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBELLAR TREMOR; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THALAMOTOMY; ACTION POTENTIAL; AGED; BODY POSTURE; CEREBELLUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THALAMUS; WRIST;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLUM; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTENTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PAIN; POSTURE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THALAMUS; WRIST;

EID: 84882683401     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.07.011     Document Type: Article

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