Myoclonic tremulous movements in multiple system atrophy are a form of cortical myoclonus

Movement Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 451-456

  Okuma, Yasuyuki ^a,b   Fujishima, Kenji ^a,b   Miwa, Hideto ^b   Mori, Hideo ^b   Mizuno, Yoshikuni ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SHIZUOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abnormal involuntary movement; Cortical myoclonus; Multiple system atrophy; OPCA; Striatonigral degeneration; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; TECHNIQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

AGED; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; PONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUTAMEN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 20344378965     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20346     Document Type: Article

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