Interspike interval analysis in a patient with peripheral nerve hyperexcitability and potassium channel antibodies

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-274

  Kleine, Bert U ^a   Stegeman, Dick F ^a   Drost, Gea ^a   Zwarts, Machiel J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fasciculations; Interspike interval histogram; Isaacs' syndrome myokymic discharges; Neuromyotonic discharges

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CRAMP; MYOKYMIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ANTIBODIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISAACS SYNDROME; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 38949162154     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20849     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. AAEM. American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine glossary of terms in electrodiagnostic medicine. Muscle Nerve 2001;10(Suppl):S1-50.
2. Albers JW, Allen AA, Bastron JA, Daube JR. Limb myokymia. Muscle Nerve 1981;4:494-504.
3. Antozzi C, Frassoni C, Vincent A, Regondi MC, Andreetta F, Bernasconi P, et al. Sequential antibodies to potassium channels and glutamic acid decarboxylase in neuromyotonia. Neurology 2005;64:1290-1293.
4. Arimura K, Arimura Y, Ng A, Uehara A, Nakae M, Osame M, et al. The origin of spontaneous discharges in acquired neuromyotonia. A macro EMG study. Clin Neurophysiol 2005;116:1835-1839.
5. Arimura K, Sonoda Y, Watanabe O, Nagado T, Kurono A, Tomimitsu H, et al. Isaacs' syndrome as a potassium channelopathy of the nerve. Muscle Nerve 2002;11(Suppl):S55-S58.
6. Awiszus F. Spike train analysis. J Neurosci Methods 1997;74:155-166.
7. Blok JH, Van Dijk JP, Drost G, Zwarts MJ, Stegeman DF. A high-density multichannel surface electromyography system for the characterization of single motor units. Rev Sci Instrum 2002;73:1887-1897.
8. Burke D, Kiernan MC, Bostock H. Excitability of human axons. Clin Neurophysiol 2001;112:1575-1585.
9. Daube JR. Myokymia and neuromyotonia. Muscle Nerve 2001;24:1711-1712.
10. Drost G, Kleine BU, Stegeman DF, van Engelen BG, Zwarts MJ. Fasciculation potentials in high-density surface EMG. J Clin Neurophysiol 2007;24:301-307.
11. Drost G, Stegeman DF, van Engelen BG, Zwarts MJ. Clinical applications of high-density surface EMG: a systematic review. J Electromyogr Kinesiol 2006;16:586-602.
12. Esteban A, Traba A. Fasciculation-myokymic activity and prolonged nerve conduction block. A physiopathological relationship in radiation-induced brachial plexopathy. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1993;89:382-391.
13. Gorassini MA, Knash ME, Harvey PJ, Bennett DJ, Yang JF. Role of motoneurons in the generation of muscle spasms after spinal cord injury. Brain 2004;127:2247-2258.
14. Gutmann L, Libell D, Gutmann L. When is myokymia neuromyotonia? Muscle Nerve 2001;24:151-153.
15. Hales JP, Lin CS, Bostock H. Variations in excitability of single human motor axons, related to stochastic properties of nodal sodium channels. J Physiol (Lond) 2004;559:953-964.
16. Hart IK, Maddison P, Newsom-Davis J, Vincent A, Mills KR. Phenotypic variants of autoimmune peripheral nerve hyperexcitability. Brain 2002;125:1887-1895.
17. Heckman CJ, Gorassini MA, Bennett DJ. Persistent inward currents in motoneuron dendrites: implications for motor output. Muscle Nerve 2005;31:135-156.
18. Hjorth RJ, Willison RG. The electromyogram in facial myokymia and hemifacial spasm. J Neurol Sci 1973;20:117-126.
19. Isaacs H. A syndrome of continuous muscle-fibre activity. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1961;24:319-325.
20. Kiernan MC, Burke D, Andersen KV, Bostock H. Multiple measures of axonal excitability: a new approach in clinical testing. Muscle Nerve 2000;23:399-409.
21. Kiernan MC, Hart IK, Bostock H. Excitability properties of motor axons in patients with spontaneous motor unit activity. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2001;70:56-64.
22. Kleine BLJ, Blok JH, Oostenveld R, Praamstia P, Stegeman DF. Magnetic stimulation-induced modulations of motor unit firings extracted from multi-channel surface EMG. Muscle Nerve 2000;23:1005-1015.
23. Kleine BU, Van Dijk JP, Lapatki BG, Zwarts MJ, Stegeman DF. Using two-dimensional spatial information in decomposition of surface EMG signals. J Electromyogr Kinesiol 2006 (to be published).
24. Kleine BU, Van Dijk JP, Zwarts MJ, Stegeman DF. Interoperator agreement in decomposition of motor unit firings from high-density surface EMG. J Electromyogr Kinesiol 2007 (to be published).
25. Kurono A, Arimura K, Watanabe O, Tomimitsu H, Nagado T, Sonoda Y, Kameyama M, Osame M. IgM-containing fraction suppressed voltage-gated potassium channels in acquired neuromyotonia. Acta Neurol Scand 2006;113:185-188.
26. Maddison P. Neuromyotonia. Clin Neurophysiol 2006;117:2118-2127.
27. Maddison P, Mills KR, Newsom-Davis J. Clinical electrophysiological characterization of the acquired neuromyotonia phenotype of autoimmune peripheral nerve hyperexcitability. Muscle Nerve 2006;33:801-808.
28. Matthews PB. Relationship of firing intervals of human motor units to the trajectory of post-spike after-hyperpolarization and synaptic noise. J Physiol (Lond) 1996;492:597-628.
29. Mertens HG, Zschocke S. Ncuromyotonie. Klin Wochenschr 1965;43:917-925.
30. Powers RK, Binder MD. Relationship between the time course of the afterhyperpolarization and discharge variability in cat spinal motoneurones. J Physiol (Lond) 2000;528:131-150.
31. Powers RK, Ttirker KS, Binder MD. What can be learned about motoneurone properties from studying firing patterns? Adv Exp Med Biol 2002;508:199-205.
32. Roth G, Magistris MR. Neuropathies with prolonged conduction block, single and grouped fasciculations, localized limb myokymia. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1987;67:428-438.
33. + current regulating excitability in the rat node of Ranvier. J Physiol (Lond) 2006;573:17-34.
34. Schwarz JR, Reid G, Bostock H. Action potentials and membrane currents in the human node of Ranvier. Pflugers Arch 1995;430:283-292.
35. Sinha S, Newsom-Davis J, Mills K, Byrne N, Lang B, Vincent A. Autoimmune aetiology for acquired neuromyotonia (Isaacs' syndrome). Lancet 1991;338:75-77.
36. Torbergsen T, Stalberg E, Brautaset NJ. Generator sites for spontaneous activity in neuromyotonia. An EMG study. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1996;101:69-78.
37. Wetmore DZ, Baker SN. Post-spike distance-to-threshold trajectories of neurones in monkey motor cortex. J Physiol (Lond) 2004;555:831-850.
38. Zwarts MJ, Stegeman DF. Multichannel surface EMG: basic aspects and clinical utility. Muscle Nerve 2003;28:1-17.