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. 2010 Jun 3;10:37. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-10-37

Table 1.

Cases of Holmes tremor in patients with AIDS and cerebral toxoplasmosis.

First author, Year of publication Location of brain abscess Involvement of the cerebello-thalamo-cortical and/or dento-rubro-olivary pathway Involvement of the nigro-striatal pathway
Lekoubou A,  - Right posterior thalamus
- Internal capsule
Yes No/hypothetical

Strecker K, 2006  - Left midbrain Yes Yes

Pezzini A, 2002  - Left frontal superior gyrus,
- Inferior parietal lobule,
- right thalamus,
- right midbrain
Yes Yes

Mattos JP, 2002  - Left midbrain
- Left cerebellar hemisphere
Yes Yes

Micheli F, 1997  - Left posterior thalamus
- Posterior arm of internal capsule
Yes No/Hypothetical

Koppel S, 1990  - Left midbrain
- Left frontal white matter
Yes Yes

Radio-clinical correlations and possible role of the cerebello-thalamo-cortical and/or dento-rubro-olivary and nigro-striatal pathways.