30The genetic factors predisposing to essential tremor (ET), of one of the most common movement 31 disorders, remains largely unknown. While current studies have examined the contribution of 32 both common and rare genetic variants, very few have investigated the ET transcriptome. To 33 understand pathways and genes relevant to ET, we used an RNA sequencing approach to 34 interrogate the transcriptome of two cerebellar regions, the dentate nucleus and cerebellar cortex, 35 in 16 cases and 16 age-and sex-matched controls. Additionally, a phenome-wide association 36 study (pheWAS) of the dysregulated genes was conducted, and a genome-wide gene association 37 study (GWGAS) was done to identify pathways overlapping with the transcriptomic data. We 38 identified several novel dysregulated genes including CACNA1A, a calcium voltage-gated 39 channel implicated in ataxia. Furthermore, several pathways including axon guidance, olfactory 40 loss, and calcium channel activity were significantly enriched. A subsequent examination of the 41 ET GWGAS data (N=7,154) also flagged genes involved in calcium ion-regulated exocytosis of 42 neurotransmitters to be significantly enriched. Interestingly, the pheWAS identified that the 43 dysregulated gene, SHF, is associated with a blood pressure medication (P=9.3E-08), which is 44 commonly used to reduce tremor in ET patients. Lastly, it is also notable that the dentate nucleus 45 and cerebellar cortex have different transcriptomes, suggesting that different regions of the 46 cerebellum have spatially different transcriptomes. 47