Contributions to Neuropsychological Assessment

Abstract

on to develop full blown Parkinson's disease with rigidity and bradykinesia in the next few years.For those interested in the mech- anisms of tremor, there are the customary authoritative reviews by Llinas, De Long, Lamarre, Rothwell and Deuschl, but uncer- tainty remains with respect to the relative importance of central autonomous genera- tors and instability of peripheral reflex loops.Well written chapters are also included on primary orthostatic tremor and its rela- tionship to essential tremor, writing tremor, neuropathic tremor, midbrain tremor and the increasingly acknowledged psychogenic tremors.Complex interrelationship between dystonia and postural tremor is also covered in depth.This cornucopia will be coveted and dipped into by those neurologists with a special interest in abnormal movement disorders, but who would not consider them- selves to have a research interest in tremor.However, for the majority of clinicians involved in the hurly burly of clinical prac- tice, I suspect that regrettably time and cost factors will conspire together to keep this excellent book out of reach.