Essential tremor / Mark Plumb, Peter Bain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plumb, Mark, author.

Bain, Peter, author.

Series:

Facts.

Oxford scholarship online.

The facts

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tremor--Popular works.

Tremor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Essential Tremor' is a guide for sufferers to minimising the impact it has on their lives. It provides first-hand advice on the causes of, treatment options for, and methods of coping with this condition.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Foreword; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 What is essential tremor?; The history of essential tremor; The clinical definition of 'classical essential tremor'; Essential tremor and emotional stress; Essential tremor and physiological stress; Ageing-essential tremor as a progressive disease, but is it a neurodegenerative disorder?; Other symptoms in essential tremor; Cognitive ability; Walking; Eyesight and eye movement; Sense of smell; Hearing; Weight loss; Conclusion; 2 Living and coping with essential tremor; Severity; Response to medication; Diet-coffee and alcohol; Anxiety

CounsellingMy hands don't shake-a personal view by Mark Plumb; Get to know the facts about essential tremor; Early age of onset; Raising awareness in society; Repetitive training of the voluntary muscles; 3 The diagnosis of essential tremor; Diagnosis as a process of elimination; Essential tremor versus Parkinson's disease-a differential diagnosis; Hypokinetic versus hyperkinetic movement disorders; The dopamine active transport scan; Is essential tremor a family of related movement disorders?; Assessing tremor severity in essential tremor; Clinical rating scales

4 The treatment of essential tremorNerve cells-what are they?; The medications used to treat essential tremor; Beta-blockers; Primidone; Benzodiazepines; Gabapentin; Topiramate; Botulinum toxin; Naturally occurring chemicals; Alcohol (ethanol); Caffeine; Cannabis; Stereotactic brain surgery-thalamotomy and deep brain stimulation; Stereotactic surgical procedures; Surgical complications; Side effects; How does DBS work?; 5 Who gets essential tremor?; The prevalence of essential tremor in the general population; Essential tremor in families; Essential tremor as a dominant genetic trait

Twins in essential tremor-essential tremor is highly heritableIdentifying the essential tremor genes; Essential tremor is a complex inherited disorder; Genetic testing in essential tremor; 6 Possible causes of essential tremor; Essential tremor as a neurological disorder of the central nervous system; Tremor-related nerve cell activity; Imaging studies of the brain in essential tremor; Muscle contraction; The principles of voluntary movement; The thalamus and the control of voluntary movement; Linking tremor and anxiety in essential tremor

The neural network and the control of voluntary movementEssential tremor may be a deficit of inhibitory (GABA) neurotransmitter; The GABA receptor; The GABA[sub(A)] α1 receptor subunit knock-out essential tremor mouse; Implications for the dominant mode of inheritance of essential tremor in humans; Conclusions; 7 The future: what are the prospects of a cure for essential tremor?; Gene therapy; Stem cells; The stem cell controversy; Stem cell therapy in neurodegenerative disorders; Neural stem cells and Parkinson's disease; Animal models in stem cell therapy

Gene and stem cell therapy in essential tremor

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-144) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-03492-3

1-283-58120-5

9786613893659

0-19-156708-6

0-19-160732-0

OCLC:

778339706