Abstract
Seventy researchers met in Washington, DC, on 20-21 October 2005 to identify and discuss the most pressing research issues in essential tremor (ET). The conference attendees concluded that the following six objectives are of immediate and overriding importance: (1) a collaborative network of research centers; (2) an international committee for developing a standard protocol for the diagnosis and quantification of ET; (3) the identification of one or more genes for ET; (4) a centralized repository of DNA and, ideally, immortalized cell lines from well-characterized ET families and healthy controls; (5) a reliable and efficient repository of optimally prepared and categorized brain samples for hypothesis-driven neuropathological examinations in well-characterized ET patients; and (6) animal models of ET for screening promising drugs. The conference attendees hope that this statement from the United States will engender international collaboration in finding a cure for ET.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2052-2061 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Movement Disorders |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2006 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Clinical neurophysiology
- Clinical trials
- Essential tremor
- Genetics
- Pathophysiology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology