Full Description
Tremor is the most common movement disorder. The breadth of work remaining in tremor pathophysiology, etiology and treatment development does not render the area intractable; on the contrary, this is a dynamic, rich research area sure to continue its rapid growth. In Tremors, experts in the field come together to discuss the underpinnings of neurological tremors and recent clinical findings in treatment models.
This volume is broken into the following sections:
· "Tremor Foundations" presents work across research modalities, providing an overview on the underpinnings of tremor as symptom and disease. Recent developments in the understanding of tremor pathology, pathophysiology, and genetics, aided by groundbreaking discoveries using neuroimaging techniques, allow glimpses into future breakthroughs to come.
·"The Family of Tremors" presents the full extended range of tremor presentations, spanning isolated tremors, tremor as one of several features of a neurological disorder, and other hyperkinetic movement phenotypes commonly referred to, mimicking or framed as tremors.
·"Tremor in the Clinic" reviews the growing knowledge range of clinical topics in tremors. Advances in assessing tremor bring pathophysiology concepts into clinical use, opening an active era in new therapeutic development. Clinical researchin tremors also now encompasses more holistic treatment approaches, novel treatment modalities, and diversity and inclusivity, all areas likely to feed back into basic etiology and pathophysiology research of this common movement disorder.
Tremors will prove to be a useful text for practicing clinicians, students and researchers focusing on movement disorders, and those living with tremor who want to learn more about their condition.
Contents
Section 1: Tremor Foundations
Chapters
1. Tremor: History, background, basic definitions
2. Clinical classification of tremor syndromes
3. Neuroanatomy and physiological mechanism of tremor
4. Neuropathology of tremors
5. Neuroimaging of tremors
6. Genetics of tremors
7. Tremor in medicine & other secondary tremors
Section 2: The Family of Tremors
Chapters
8. Orthostatic tremor
9. Essential tremor
10. Voice Tremor
11. Tremor, dystonia, and dystonic tremor
12. Parkinson's disease and parkinsonian tremor
13. Tremor and ataxia
14. Myoclonus
15. Myorhythmia
16. Functional tremor
Section 3: Tremor in the Clinic
Chapters
17. Diversity and inclusivity in Parkinson's disease and essential tremor
18. Assessing tremor: diagnostic pearls, rating scales, and waveform recording
19. Treatment of tremor
20. Thinking and treating beyond the tremor
21. Tremor: Emerging and investigational treatments
