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Disappearance of essential tremor after frontal cortical infarct
Author(s) -
Kim JoongSeok,
Park JeongWook,
Kim WooJun,
Kim HeeTae,
Kim YeongIn,
Lee KwangSoo
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.20894
Subject(s) - essential tremor , neuroscience , thalamus , stroke (engine) , psychology , movement disorders , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physics , thermodynamics , disease
We present a patient with essential tremor who spontaneously improved after a sensorimotor stroke related to a small cortical infarct near by the left precentral region of the brain. This finding supports the presence of cortical or transcortical motor loops that are likely involved in essential tremor and suggests a possible link with the cerebellar–thalamic–cortical pathway. © 2006 Movement Disorder Society