Reticular reflex myoclonus: a physiological type of human post-hypoxic myoclonus.
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Reticular reflex myoclonus: a physiological type of human post-hypoxic myoclonus.
A patient with post-hypoxic myoclonus, sensitive to therapy with 5-hydroxytryptophan and clonazepam, was subjected to detailed electrophysiological investigation. Brief generalised jerks followed the critical stimulus of muscle stretch. The electroencephalogram showed generalised spikes that were associated with, but not time locked to, the myoclonus. The cranial nerve nuclei were activated up...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.40.3.253