title: Permanent reversal of essential tremor following a frontal lobe stroke.
abstract: Following a right prerolandic stroke, a 76 year old woman with bilateral upper extremity essential tremor (ET) recovered permanently from the latter contralaterally to the affected hemisphere. The ischemic stroke likely interrupted the cortical component of the ET network. Given the magnitude of neuronal loss, post-stroke cortical reorganization was unable to restore this important component of the ET network, accounting for the permanent nature of ET suppression.
authors.affiliation: EA 4391, Excitabilité Nerveuse et Thérapeutique, Université Paris-Est-Créteil, Créteil, France; Service de Physiologie, Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France.
authors.forename: Moussa A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Chalah
authors.affiliation: EA 4391, Excitabilité Nerveuse et Thérapeutique, Université Paris-Est-Créteil, Créteil, France; Service de Physiologie, Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France; Division of Neurology, UMCRH, Beirut, Lebanon. Electronic address: samarayache@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Samar S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ayache
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, UMCRH, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Naji
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Riachi
authors.affiliation: EA 4391, Excitabilité Nerveuse et Thérapeutique, Université Paris-Est-Créteil, Créteil, France; Division of Neurology, UMCRH, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Rechdi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ahdab
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020329:Essential Tremor / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Essential tremor; Motor cortex; Oscillatory network; Stroke; Tremor