Is essential tremor a purkinjopathy? The role of the cerebellar cortex in its pathogenesis

Movement Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1759-1761

  Grimaldi, Giuliana ^a   Manto, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cerebellar cortex; Cerebellum; Essential tremor; Purkinje neurons; Torpedoes

Indexed keywords

AGING; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SYNAPSE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WORKING MEMORY;

CEREBELLAR CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; PURKINJE NEURONS; TORPEDOES;

CEREBELLAR CORTEX; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; HUMANS; PURKINJE CELLS;

EID: 84887622195     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.25645     Document Type: Editorial

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