Ruby Hickman
Yale University
7 Papers
13 Citations
Ruby Hickman is an academic researcher from Yale University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Essential tremor & First-degree relatives. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 7 publications.
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Unaffected first-degree relatives of essential tremor cases have more imbalance than age-matched control subjects.
TL;DR: A more pervasive abnormality of cerebellar dysfunction than previously conceived is suggested, extending beyond ET cases themselves and manifesting in mild form in their unaffected family members.
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More unaffected first-degree relatives of essential tremor cases have mild cognitive deficits than age-matched controls.
James H. Meyers,Ruby Hickman,Ashley D. Cristal,Pam Factor-Litvak,Stephanie Cosentino,Elan D. Louis +5 more
TL;DR: Data from a global cognitive screen to first-degree relatives of ET cases and age-matched controls provide additional support for the scientific notions that cognitive difficulties are a disease-associated feature of ET and there may be a pre-tremor phase of illness in ET.
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Enfeeblement in Elders with Essential Tremor: Characterizing the Phenomenon and Its Role in Caregiver Burden.
Tess E K Cersonsky,Daniel Trujillo Diaz,Sarah Kellner,Ruby Hickman,Maria Anna Zdrodowska,Joan K. Monin,Elan D. Louis +6 more
- 18 Oct 2019
TL;DR: Efeeblement seems to describe a previously unexplained component of caregiver burden in elders with ET, which may contribute to greater burden and should be factored into assessments of patient and caregiver needs.
Comparative Burden of Subclinical Tremor in a Cohort of Normal Individuals Stratified by Familial Risk for Essential Tremor.
Elan D. Louis,James H. Meyers,Olufunmilayo M. Badejo,Ashley D. Cristal,Ruby Hickman,Pam Factor-Litvak +5 more
TL;DR: The burden of ET extends beyond the boundaries of the clinically defined disease, and partially expressed forms of ET are abundant in ET families, and this fact greatly complicates gene-finding studies and epidemiological studies whose goal is to detect disease-linked associations.
Subtle Cerebellar Features in Relatives of Essential Tremor Cases
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors quantify subtle cerebellar signs in unaffected first-degree relatives of essential tremor (ET) cases, stratified based on their tremor severity.