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Oscillatory behavior is a common form of normal biological function. The motor system contains many forms of oscillatory behaviors, and surprisingly, both the causes and the mechanisms of these rhythmicities are often poorly understood. For example, when reading the literature on human tremor, one is struck by the limitations of our current knowledge regarding its origin and mechanisms, even though this common neurological sign has been studied for centuries (Galen, second century A.D., cited in Garrison 1969; de la Boë (Sylvius) 1675; Sauvages, 1763, cited in Capildeo 1984, p. 286; Parkinson 1817; Charcot 1877; Eshner 1897; Binet 1920; Walshe 1924) .
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Beuter, A., Edwards, R., Titcombe, M.S. (2003). Data Analysis and Mathematical Modeling of Human Tremor. In: Beuter, A., Glass, L., Mackey, M.C., Titcombe, M.S. (eds) Nonlinear Dynamics in Physiology and Medicine. Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics, vol 25. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21640-9_10
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