THE STRIOCEREBELLAR TREMOR

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Abstract
All forms of tremor movement bear a certain fundamental resemblance to one another, although finer differences are distinguishable. We recognize, for example, tremors which are fine or coarse, rapid or slow, rhythmical or arrhythmical. From the etiologic standpoint many varieties are described by systematic writers, and it is surprising how few disorders of the nervous system run their course without the accompaniment of tremor. Indeed, a physiologic form is recognized, and a slight tremulousness is a common result of muscular fatigue. In spite of recent advances in neuropathology and a better understanding of the correlation of structure and function in the central nervous system, the anatomic basis of tremor is by no means settled at the present time. Many organic affections of the nervous system are associated with tremor, more especially those involving the cerebellum, the corpus striatum and their connections with the brain stem. Among these, paralysis agitans

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