Physiologic analysis of the myoclonus of Alzheimer's disease
- 1 July 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 34 (7) , 898
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.34.7.898
Abstract
Ten patients with clinically diagnosed Alzheimer9s disease, including three cases of trisomy 21(Down9s syndrome), developed a chronic myoclonic disorder. The technique of jerk-locked averaging of EEG activity wasused to analyze the myoclonus. Seven subjects demonstrated a focal, contralateral central, negative cerebral potential antecedent to the myoclonic jerks. This EEG event differs from that previously reported to be associated with the myoclonus of subacute spongiform encephalopathy (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease).This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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