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1Emeritus Consultant Neurologist, Department of Neurology, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK.
Abstract:
Symptomatic palatal tremor is caused by a lesion in the triangle of Guillain and Mollaret and is associated with hypertrophic olivary degeneration that has multiple causes. Essential palatal tremor has no currently demonstrable cause and no accompanying physical or radiological signs. But it is probable that an organic genesis will become apparent. I suggest that some examples of palatal tremor may depend on an 'upper motor neurone type', i.e. supranuclear, lesion in the striatum or rostral brainstem releasing medullary activation with denervation hypersensitivity of olivary neurones.
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