We describe a patient with an ischaemic lesion of the cervical spinal cord who presented with clinical evidence of stimulus-sensitive, multisegmental myoclonic jerks restricted to the truncal and proximal limb muscles and accompanied by electrophysiological features (giant somatosensory evoked potentials and enhanced long-loop reflex) of cortical myoclonus. We hypothesize that these features might result from a loss of inhibitory influences on the sensory input to cortical structures: a concomitant contribution of spinal and cortical hyperexcitability seems to have played a crucial role in inducing myoclonus in our patient

Spinal myoclonus with giant somatosensory evoked potentials and enhanced long-loop reflex: a case report / Serrao, Mariano; Cardinali, P; Rossi, P; Perrotta, A; Bartolo, M; Parisi, Leoluca; Pierelli, Francesco. - In: FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 0393-5264. - STAMPA. - 19:3(2004), pp. 203-206.

Spinal myoclonus with giant somatosensory evoked potentials and enhanced long-loop reflex: a case report.

SERRAO, Mariano;PARISI, Leoluca;PIERELLI, Francesco
2004

Abstract

We describe a patient with an ischaemic lesion of the cervical spinal cord who presented with clinical evidence of stimulus-sensitive, multisegmental myoclonic jerks restricted to the truncal and proximal limb muscles and accompanied by electrophysiological features (giant somatosensory evoked potentials and enhanced long-loop reflex) of cortical myoclonus. We hypothesize that these features might result from a loss of inhibitory influences on the sensory input to cortical structures: a concomitant contribution of spinal and cortical hyperexcitability seems to have played a crucial role in inducing myoclonus in our patient
2004
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Spinal myoclonus with giant somatosensory evoked potentials and enhanced long-loop reflex: a case report / Serrao, Mariano; Cardinali, P; Rossi, P; Perrotta, A; Bartolo, M; Parisi, Leoluca; Pierelli, Francesco. - In: FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 0393-5264. - STAMPA. - 19:3(2004), pp. 203-206.
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