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Disappearance of essential tremor after stroke
Author(s) -
Dupuis Michel J.M.,
Evrard Frédéric L.A.,
Jacquerye Philippe G.,
Picard Gaëtane R.,
Lermen Oliver G.
Publication year - 2010
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.23328
Subject(s) - stroke (engine) , essential tremor , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , pathophysiology , neuroscience , psychology , pathology , physics , thermodynamics
Improvement of a patient's essential tremor (ET) after a stroke has rarely been reported. In such patients, cerebral imaging could help to identify structures involved in the maintenance of ET and improves the knowledge of its physiopathology. This article reports the disappearance of ET, after a stroke in 4 patients and reviews similar previously published cases. These cases suggest that the interruption of cerebellar loops during a stroke could be responsible for the disappearance of ET. © 2010 Movement Disorder Society