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ArticleNeurological research and practice2020

Remarkable improvement of primary orthostatic tremor using perampanel.

Marcus Grobe-Einsler, Oliver Kaut

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Article in Neurological research and practice, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Systematic review of pharmacological treatment options for orthostatic tremor in prospective patient cohorts and randomized controlled trials.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  5. Isolated slow orthostatic tremor of the trunk.Neurological research and practice · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marcus Grobe-EinslerDepartment of Neurology, University Clinic Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53105 Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1808-2134
Oliver KautDepartment of Neurology, University Clinic Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53105 Bonn, Germany.
University of Bonn · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Management of primary orthostatic tremor (POT) remains challenging, and medication is often ineffective. We report the case of a 53-year-old female with orthostatic tremor for 6 years who was refractory to gabapentin, clonazepam, primidone and propranolol. After treatment with 4 mg/day perampanel, she reported almost complete resolution of tremor. The diagnosis of POT was confirmed by tremor analysis using surface electromyography. Our report shows the potential use of the novel AMPA (α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid) receptor antagonist perampanel for the treatment of POT. To date, only two similar patients, one refractory to treatment and the other previously treated with clonazepam only, have been reported. We would like to note that our patient was refractory to all previous therapy and responded to a low dose of perampanel without side effects. The striking clinical improvement suggests a putative role of glutamate in the pathophysiology of orthostatic tremor.

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Orthostatic tremorPerampanelTremor

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PMCPMC7650059
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