Can loss of muscle spindle afferents explain the ataxic gait in Riley-Day syndrome?

Brain

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3198-3208

  Macefield, Vaughan G ^a,b   Norcliffe Kaufmann, Lucy ^c   Gutiérrez, Joel ^d   Axelrod, Felicia B ^c   Kaufmann, Horacio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE NEUROLOGÍA Y NEUROCIRUGÍA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

congenital insensitivity to pain; familial dysautonomia; HSAN; microneurography; muscle spindles; peripheral nerve; Riley Day syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSAUTONOMIA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 81055147653     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr168     Document Type: Article

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