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Genetic essential tremor in γ-aminobutyric acidA receptor α1 subunit knockout mice
1 Mar 2005
Abstract excerpt
Essential tremor is the most common movement disorder and has an unknown etiology. Here we report that gamma-aminobutyric acidA (GABA(A)) receptor alpha1-/- mice exhibit postural and kinetic tremor and motor incoordination that is characteristic of essential tremor disease. We tested mice with essential-like tremor using current drug therapies that alleviate symptoms in essential tremor patients (primidone,...
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