Impaired emotion processing in functional (psychogenic) tremor: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

201790 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Alberto J. Espay · Parkinson's and Movement Disorder Institute

Thomas Maloney · Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Jennifer Vannest · Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Matthew Norris · University of Cincinnati

James C. Eliassen · University of Cincinnati

Erin Neefus

Jane B. Allendorfer · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Abstract

In response to emotional stimuli, functional tremor is associated with alterations in activation and functional connectivity in networks involved in emotion processing and theory of mind. These findings may be relevant to the pathophysiology of functional movement disorders.

Topics & Keywords

Neurological disorders and treatments Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: NeuroImage Clinical

Volume 17, pp. 179-187

DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2017.10.020

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