Essential Tremor - Therapy
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Essential tremors: a family of neurodegenerative disorders?

29 Sep 2009 Essential tremor (ET) is the most common pathologic tremor in humans. The traditional view of ET, as a monosymptomatic condition, is being replaced by an appreciation of the spectrum of clinical features, with both motor and nonmotor elements. These ... Read more...

Tremor: clinical features, pathophysiology, and treatment.

30 Jul 2009 Tremor is not understood completely, and pharmacotherapy for all tremor disorders is inadequate. Fortunately, deep brain stimulation is effective for the most common and disabling tremor disorders. Our understanding of pathologic tremors has ... Read more...

Surgical treatment of movement disorders.

30 Jul 2009 Surgical approaches are an important consideration in the management of many movement disorders, particularly for patients refractory to medications. In this article, we review the history, pathophysiology, risks and indications for surgical ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Essential Tremor - Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Essential tremors: a family of neurodegenerative disorders? 29 Sep 2009
• Tremor: clinical features, pathophysiology, and treatment. 30 Jul 2009
• Surgical treatment of movement disorders. 30 Jul 2009
• A randomized comparison of thalamic stimulation and lesion on self-paced finger movement in essential tremor. 6 Jul 2009
• An update on essential tremor. 29 Jun 2009
• [Deep brain stimulation for essential tremor. Consensus recommendations of the German Deep Brain Stimulation Association] 30 May 2009
• Balance and motor speech impairment in essential tremor. 17 May 2009
• Enhanced synchronization of thalamic theta band local field potentials in patients with essential tremor. 18 Feb 2009
• Gait and balance in essential tremor: variable effects of bilateral thalamic stimulation. 13 Feb 2009
• Mental arithmetic leads to multiple discrete changes from baseline in the firing patterns of human thalamic neurons. 2 Feb 2009
• A stereotactic near-infrared probe for localization during functional neurosurgical procedures: further experience. 30 Jan 2009
• Objective tremor registration during DBS surgery for essential tremor. 2009
• Deep brain stimulation of the posterior subthalamic area in the treatment of tremor. 16 Dec 2008
• Venous air embolism in deep brain stimulation. 25 Nov 2008
• Embarrassment in essential tremor: prevalence, clinical correlates and therapeutic implications. 20 Nov 2008
• [Essential tremor] 7 Oct 2008
• Reoperation for suboptimal outcomes after deep brain stimulation surgery. 29 Sep 2008
• Factors involved in long-term efficacy of deep brain stimulation of the thalamus for essential tremor. 29 Sep 2008
• A model predicting optimal parameters for deep brain stimulation in essential tremor. 29 Sep 2008
• A tremulous twiddler. 13 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Essential Tremor'

Definition: A relatively common disorder characterized by a fairly specific pattern of tremors which are most prominent in the upper extremities and neck, inducing titubations of the head. The tremor is usually mild, but when severe may be disabling. An autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance may occur in some families (i.e., familial tremor). (Mov Disord 1988;13(1):5-10)

Descriptor UI: D020329

Alternative terms: Essential Tremor; Essential Tremors; Tremor, Essential; Tremors, Essential; Benign Essential Tremor; Benign Essential Tremors; Essential Tremor, Benign; Essential Tremors, Benign; Tremor, Benign Essential; Tremors, Benign Essential; Familial Tremor; Familial Tremors; Tremor, Familial; Tremors, Familial;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.228.662.350;

History Note: 2000