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Report from a U.S. conference on essential tremor
Author(s) -
Elble Rodger J.
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.21157
Subject(s) - protocol (science) , essential tremor , identification (biology) , statement (logic) , medicine , psychology , family medicine , library science , political science , psychiatry , computer science , alternative medicine , biology , pathology , botany , law
Seventy researchers met in Washington, DC, on 20–21 October 2005 to identify and discuss the most pressing research issues in essential tremor (ET). The conference attendees concluded that the following six objectives are of immediate and overriding importance: (1) a collaborative network of research centers; (2) an international committee for developing a standard protocol for the diagnosis and quantification of ET; (3) the identification of one or more genes for ET; (4) a centralized repository of DNA and, ideally, immortalized cell lines from well‐characterized ET families and healthy controls; (5) a reliable and efficient repository of optimally prepared and categorized brain samples for hypothesis‐driven neuropathological examinations in well‐characterized ET patients; and (6) animal models of ET for screening promising drugs. The conference attendees hope that this statement from the United States will engender international collaboration in finding a cure for ET. © 2006 Movement Disorder Society