DECEREBRATE TONIC EXTENSOR CONVULSIONS AS A SIGN OF OCCLUSION OF THE BASILAR ARTERY
- 1 November 1940
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry
- Vol. 44 (5) , 1102-1108
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneurpsyc.1940.02280110176015
Abstract
The following case is reported because it suggests that an obstruction of the blood flow in the basilar artery must be considered as a cause of decerebrate tonic extensor convulsions (or so-called cerebellar fits) in man. Pollock and Davis (1923 and 1924)1 were able to produce decerebrate attacks in cats by ligation by the basilar and carotid arteries but not by ligation of either alone. White2 repeated their experiments on dogs and found that the method did not produce decerebration in the dogs and that it was necessary in addition to ligate all branches of the carotid bulb in the neck on both sides, as well as the common carotid arteries and the basilar artery. We have been unable to find any reports on the production of decerebrate attacks by ligation or interruption of the blood flow in the basilar artery alone. Pines and Gilinsky3 reviewed 17This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: