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The tremor affected his upper extremities and had rendered him unable to perform fine motor tasks with his prostheses, significantly reducing his independence. We found a large territory of neurons in the ventral intermediate nucleus of his thalamus that responded to shoulder protraction, the movement that he used to control fine motor movements of his terminal hook prostheses. We propose that reorganization of this motor nucleus may have occurred secondary to a use-dependent gain of function in neurons that were previously involved in hand movement. <\/jats:p><jats:p> NEW &amp; NOTEWORTHY We had a unique opportunity to record neurons in the ventrointermediate (Vim) motor nucleus of thalamus in a patient with essential tremor, decades following bilateral forearm amputations. We demonstrate that a large region of Vim is active during shoulder\u00a0protraction\u2014the movement used to operate the patient\u2019s mechanical prostheses. 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