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ArticleCerebellum (London, England)2021

Impaired Saccade Adaptation in Tremor-Dominant Cervical Dystonia-Evidence for Maladaptive Cerebellum.

Abhimanyu Mahajan, Palak Gupta, Jonathan Jacobs, Luca Marsili, Andrea Sturchio, H A Jinnah, Alberto J Espay, Aasef G Shaikh

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Article in Cerebellum (London, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Abnormal Connectivity of the Head Neural Integrator in Cervical Dystonia.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2025
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  2. Computational and Neural Evidence for Altered Fast and Slow Learning from Losses in Problem Gambling.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  7. Lessons learned from the syndrome of oculopalatal tremor.Journal of computational neuroscience · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Abhimanyu Mahajan *University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Palak Gupta *Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Jonathan JacobsLouis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44110, USA.
Luca MarsiliUniversity of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Andrea SturchioUniversity of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
H A JinnahDepartment of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Alberto J EspayUniversity of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Aasef G ShaikhDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. aasefshaikh@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4772-2823
University of Cincinnati · USCase Western Reserve University · USEmory University · USLouis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center · USUniversity Hospitals of Cleveland · US

Funding

American Academy of Neurology career awardAmerican Parkinson Disease Association cotziasDystonia Medical Research Foundation brain circuit grantNINDS NIH HHS u54
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We examined the role of the cerebellum in patients with tremor-dominant cervical dystonia by measuring the adaptive capacity of rapid reflexive eye movements (saccades). We chose the saccade adaptation paradigm because, unlike other motor learning paradigms, the real-time modification of saccades cannot "wait" for the sensory (visual) feedback. Instead, saccades rely primarily on the internal reafference modulated by the cerebellum. The saccade adaptation happens over fast and slow timescales. The fast timescale has poor retention of learned response, while the slow timescale has strong retention. Cerebellar defects resulting in loss of function affect the fast timescale but the slow timescale of saccade adaptation is retained. In contrast, maladaptive cerebellar disorders feature the absence of both fast and slow timescales. We were able to measure both timescales using noninvasive oculography in 6 normal individuals. In contrast, both timescales were absent in 12 patients with tremor-dominant cervical dystonia. These findings are consistent with maladaptive cerebellar outflow as a putative pathophysiological basis for tremor-dominant cervical dystonia.

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SaccadesTorticollisAdaptation, PhysiologicalCerebellumHumansTremorCerebellumDystoniaSaccadesTremor

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