Late-life action tremor in a southern sea otter (Enhydris lutris nereis)

Elan D. Louis; Michael J. Murray; Melissa A. Miller; Seth L. Pullman; Jean Paul G. Vonsattel

doi:10.1002/mds.10645

Late-life action tremor in a southern sea otter (Enhydris lutris nereis)

Elan D. Louis, Michael J. Murray, Melissa A. Miller, Seth L. Pullman, Jean Paul G. Vonsattel

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Abstract

Although tremor is highly prevalent in human beings, there are few reports of tremor occurring in other mammals. Such tremor can further our insight into the mechanisms and anatomical basis of human tremor disorders. We report on a southern sea otter with a slowly progressive 6.5 to 8.5 Hz action tremor of late life that shared several clinical characteristics with essential tremor. The main pathological finding was in the cerebellum, where there was extensive vacuolation of Purkinje cells.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	222-226
Number of pages	5
Journal	Movement Disorders
Volume	19
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.10645
State	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

'Pathology
Animal
Essential tremor
Toxin
Tremor
Vacuolation

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Neurology
Clinical Neurology

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