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ArticleScientific reports2020

Cerebello-thalamo-cortical network is intrinsically altered in essential tremor: evidence from a resting state functional MRI study.

Valentina Nicoletti, Paolo Cecchi, Ilaria Pesaresi, Daniela Frosini, Mirco Cosottini, Roberto Ceravolo

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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54 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Brain Imaging Phenotypes Associated with Polygenic Risk for Essential Tremor.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Valentina NicolettiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, via Roma 67, 56126, Pisa, Italy.
Paolo CecchiNeuroradiology Unit, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy.
Ilaria PesaresiNeuroradiology Unit, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy.
Daniela FrosiniDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, via Roma 67, 56126, Pisa, Italy.
Mirco CosottiniDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Roberto CeravoloDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, via Roma 67, 56126, Pisa, Italy. r.ceravolo@med.unipi.it.
University of Pisa · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cerebello-thalamo-cortical network is suggested to be involved in the pathophysiology of Essential Tremor (ET). 23 patients with ET and 23 matched HC underwent a 3T-MRI with acquisition of a resting state sequence. Connectivity was investigated using a seed-based regression analyses approach. In ET patients were observed: Reduced connectivity between left primary motor cortex (M1) seed and right premotor cortex and cerebellum and bilateral premotor, parietal areas, supplementary motor area (SMA); Increased connectivity between left somatosensory cortex (S1) seed and parietal areas, M1, premotor cortex, SMA; reduced connectivity of this seed with cerebellum. Increased connectivity of SMA seed with premotor cortex and decreased with parietal and precentral areas; Increased connectivity between left thalamus seed and cerebellum; Reduced connectivity between right cerebellum seeds and other cerebellar areas, precentral and premotor areas. ET showed altered connectivity within the cortical sensory-motor network and between cerebral cortex and cerebellum. The increased connectivity between cerebellum and thalamus is consistent with their crucial role in tremor generation. These findings support the dynamical entrainment of multiple central oscillators throughout the cerebello-thalamo-cortical network in ET. This evidence is strengthened by the finding that this network is altered also when the core symptom is absent.

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AgedAged, 80 and overBrain MappingCerebellumCerebral CortexEssential TremorFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedNerve NetNeural PathwaysNeuronsThalamus

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PMID33028912
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