Central mechanisms in human enhanced physiological tremor. 1998

B Köster, and M Lauk, and J Timmer, and T Winter, and B Guschlbauer, and F X Glocker, and A Danek, and G Deuschl, and C H Lücking
Neurologische Universitätsklinik Freiburg, Germany.

The sites of the central nervous structures involved in enhanced physiological tremor (EPT) are still unclear. The syndrome of persistent mirror movements (PMM) is characterized by abnormal bilateral corticospinal projections. If a supraspinal mechanism is involved in EPT, the activity of EPT should be coherent between both sides in subjects with this abnormality. We investigated three PMM subjects and three normal controls. Focal transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) resulted in contralateral hand muscle responses in the controls. The PMM subjects, in contrast, had bilateral responses. Similarly, long-latency reflexes (LLR) in PMM could be recorded bilaterally, while the control subjects showed responses only on the stimulated side. EPT was evoked by intravenous salbutamol. EMG time series were recorded bilaterally from the wrist extensor muscles and cross spectra were calculated. If there was a significant right-left-coherence, phase analysis was performed. No control subject showed a significant right-left-coherence of tremor activity. In contrast, a significant coherence was found in PMM between 8 and 12 Hz. When the mechanical tremor frequency of one hand was reduced by loading, coherences and phase spectra of the EMGs remained unchanged. By comparing the results from TMS, LLR and cross spectral analysis we come to the conclusion, that the 8 to 12 Hz component of EPT is transmitted transcortically, most likely originating from two separate generators for both sides.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009069 Movement Disorders Syndromes which feature DYSKINESIAS as a cardinal manifestation of the disease process. Included in this category are degenerative, hereditary, post-infectious, medication-induced, post-inflammatory, and post-traumatic conditions. Dyskinesia Syndromes,Etat Marbre,Status Marmoratus,Movement Disorder Syndromes,Dyskinesia Syndrome,Movement Disorder,Movement Disorder Syndrome
D009434 Neural Pathways Neural tracts connecting one part of the nervous system with another. Neural Interconnections,Interconnection, Neural,Interconnections, Neural,Neural Interconnection,Neural Pathway,Pathway, Neural,Pathways, Neural
D009435 Synaptic Transmission The communication from a NEURON to a target (neuron, muscle, or secretory cell) across a SYNAPSE. In chemical synaptic transmission, the presynaptic neuron releases a NEUROTRANSMITTER that diffuses across the synaptic cleft and binds to specific synaptic receptors, activating them. The activated receptors modulate specific ion channels and/or second-messenger systems in the postsynaptic cell. In electrical synaptic transmission, electrical signals are communicated as an ionic current flow across ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES. Neural Transmission,Neurotransmission,Transmission, Neural,Transmission, Synaptic
D011930 Reaction Time The time from the onset of a stimulus until a response is observed. Response Latency,Response Speed,Response Time,Latency, Response,Reaction Times,Response Latencies,Response Times,Speed, Response,Speeds, Response
D012018 Reflex An involuntary movement or exercise of function in a part, excited in response to a stimulus applied to the periphery and transmitted to the brain or spinal cord.
D001921 Brain The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM. Encephalon
D004292 Dominance, Cerebral Dominance of one cerebral hemisphere over the other in cerebral functions. Cerebral Dominance,Hemispheric Specialization,Dominances, Cerebral,Specialization, Hemispheric
D004576 Electromyography Recording of the changes in electric potential of muscle by means of surface or needle electrodes. Electromyogram,Surface Electromyography,Electromyograms,Electromyographies,Electromyographies, Surface,Electromyography, Surface,Surface Electromyographies
D005260 Female Females

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