Voluntary stimulus-sensitive jerks and jumps mimicking myoclonus or pathological startle syndromes.
Five patients who presented with stimulus-induced jerking as part of an apparent myoclonic or pathological startle syndrome are reported. Neurophysiological observations in these patients suggested the jerks were voluntary in origin. These included (a) variable latencies to the onset of stimulus ind...
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| author | Thompson, P Colebatch, J Brown, P Rothwell, J Day, B Obeso, J Marsden, C |
| author_facet | Thompson, P Colebatch, J Brown, P Rothwell, J Day, B Obeso, J Marsden, C |
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| description | Five patients who presented with stimulus-induced jerking as part of an apparent myoclonic or pathological startle syndrome are reported. Neurophysiological observations in these patients suggested the jerks were voluntary in origin. These included (a) variable latencies to the onset of stimulus induced jerks, (b) latencies were greater than that seen in reflex myoclonus of cortical or brainstem origin, and were (c) longer than the fastest voluntary reaction times of normal subjects, (d) variable patterns of muscle recruitment within each jerk and, (e) significant habituation with repeated stimulation. It is argued that these features are consistent with a voluntary origin for the jerks and enable them to be distinguished from the stereotyped electrophysiological characteristics of myoclonus of cortical and brainstem origin. Electrophysiological recordings may help identify patients with this form of psychogenic movement disorder. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:891205f6-8ba9-4a6c-9ad4-bb5aaf8b31142022-03-26T22:21:56ZVoluntary stimulus-sensitive jerks and jumps mimicking myoclonus or pathological startle syndromes.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:891205f6-8ba9-4a6c-9ad4-bb5aaf8b3114EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1992Thompson, PColebatch, JBrown, PRothwell, JDay, BObeso, JMarsden, CFive patients who presented with stimulus-induced jerking as part of an apparent myoclonic or pathological startle syndrome are reported. Neurophysiological observations in these patients suggested the jerks were voluntary in origin. These included (a) variable latencies to the onset of stimulus induced jerks, (b) latencies were greater than that seen in reflex myoclonus of cortical or brainstem origin, and were (c) longer than the fastest voluntary reaction times of normal subjects, (d) variable patterns of muscle recruitment within each jerk and, (e) significant habituation with repeated stimulation. It is argued that these features are consistent with a voluntary origin for the jerks and enable them to be distinguished from the stereotyped electrophysiological characteristics of myoclonus of cortical and brainstem origin. Electrophysiological recordings may help identify patients with this form of psychogenic movement disorder. |
| spellingShingle | Thompson, P Colebatch, J Brown, P Rothwell, J Day, B Obeso, J Marsden, C Voluntary stimulus-sensitive jerks and jumps mimicking myoclonus or pathological startle syndromes. |
| title | Voluntary stimulus-sensitive jerks and jumps mimicking myoclonus or pathological startle syndromes. |
| title_full | Voluntary stimulus-sensitive jerks and jumps mimicking myoclonus or pathological startle syndromes. |
| title_fullStr | Voluntary stimulus-sensitive jerks and jumps mimicking myoclonus or pathological startle syndromes. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Voluntary stimulus-sensitive jerks and jumps mimicking myoclonus or pathological startle syndromes. |
| title_short | Voluntary stimulus-sensitive jerks and jumps mimicking myoclonus or pathological startle syndromes. |
| title_sort | voluntary stimulus sensitive jerks and jumps mimicking myoclonus or pathological startle syndromes |
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