Movement Disorders: Tremor

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Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Classification of tremor....Pages 3-13
Definition, analysis and genesis of tremor....Pages 15-26
Differential diagnosis of motor disorders by tremor analysis....Pages 27-35
Origins of normal and pathological tremor....Pages 37-84
Pharmacological differentiation of tremor....Pages 85-93
Pathology of tremor....Pages 95-123
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Physiological and enhanced physiological tremor....Pages 127-134
Segmental reflex, muscle mechanical and central mechanisms underlying human physiological tremor....Pages 135-155
Muscle spindle discharge patterns in tremor and clonus....Pages 157-164
Rebound excitation as the physiological basis for tremor: a biophysical study of the oscillatory properties of mammalian central neurones in vitro....Pages 165-182
Animal models of physiological, essential and parkinsonian-like tremors....Pages 183-194
Determinants of tremor rate....Pages 195-204
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Essential tremor: introductory remarks....Pages 207-209
Epidemiology of essential tremor....Pages 211-218
Problems in the differential diagnosis of essential tremor....Pages 219-224
Beta-adrenoceptor involvement in tremor production: possible defects in essential tremor....Pages 225-244
Essential tremor: treatment with beta-adrenoceptor blocking drugs....Pages 245-260
D,L-Propranolol and D-propranolol in essential tremor....Pages 261-269
Primidone in essential tremor....Pages 271-282
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Parkinson’s disease complex — restyling an old overcoat!....Pages 285-294
Front Matter....Pages 283-283
Tremor and rhythmical involuntary movements in Parkinson’s disease....Pages 295-304
Neurochemical basis of parkinsonian tremor....Pages 305-319
Assessment of resting tremor in Parkinson’s disease....Pages 321-329
Medical treatment of tremor in Parkinson’s disease....Pages 331-338
Surgical treatment of tremor....Pages 339-351
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Cerebellar tremor: clinical aspects....Pages 355-363
Motor control in cerebellar tremor....Pages 365-376
Treatment of cerebellar tremor....Pages 377-386
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Tremor associated with peripheral neuropathy....Pages 389-398
Tremor in peripheral neuropathy....Pages 399-406
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Mechanisms of ocular oscillations....Pages 409-419
Pendular nystagmus (ocular myoclonus) and related somatic tremors: their pharmacological modification and treatment....Pages 421-428
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Atypical tremors, rare tremors and unclassified tremors....Pages 431-443
Drug-induced tremor....Pages 445-461
Tremor in relation to certain other movement disorders....Pages 463-472
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Possible role of tremor in the organisation of the nervous system....Pages 475-477
Back Matter....Pages 479-493