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When experiencing an intention tremor, one often overshoots or undershoots one's target, a condition known as dysmetria. [1] [2] Intention tremor is the result of dysfunction of the cerebellum, particularly on the same side as the tremor in the lateral zone, which controls visually guided movements. Depending on the location of cerebellar ...
Charcot's neurologic triad is the combination of nystagmus, intention tremor, and scanning or staccato speech. This triad is associated with multiple sclerosis, where it was first described; [1] however, it is not considered pathognomonic for it. It is named after Jean-Martin Charcot. [2]
Holmes tremor, first identified by Gordon Holmes in 1904, can be described as a wing-beating movement localized in the upper body that is caused by cerebellar damage. [1] Holmes tremor is a combination of rest, action, and postural tremors. Tremor frequency ranges from 2 to 5 Hertz and is aggravated with posture and movement. [1]
A tremor is an involuntary, [1] somewhat rhythmic muscle contraction and relaxation involving oscillations or twitching movements of one or more body parts. It is the most common of all involuntary movements and can affect the hands, arms, eyes, face, head, vocal folds, trunk, and legs.
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The Vietnamese Wikipedia initially went online in November 2002, with a front page and an article about the Internet Society.The project received little attention and did not begin to receive significant contributions until it was "restarted" in October 2003 [3] and the newer, Unicode-capable MediaWiki software was installed soon after.
Human brainstem blood supply description. Posterior cerebral artery is #6, and midbrain is behind it.. Claude's syndrome is caused by midbrain infarction as a result of occlusion of a branch of the posterior cerebral artery. [2]
There is only a paragraph actually describing intention tremor and it is in the lead: On the one hand the lead should only summarize the info of the article, so that info should appear in the body of the article. On the other hand it seems quite short: it would be great to have more info on how intention tremors are. More to come as I have time.