Action‐induced rhythmic dystonia
- 1 March 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 34 (3) , 321
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.34.3.321
Abstract
We studied a patient with action-induced rhythmic dystonia that followed a stroke. Postmortem studies showed an infarct in the right posterolateral ventral part of the thalamus. Electrophysiologic analysis indicated that the eliciting factor of the involuntary movement was an impulse, promoting voluntary contraction of muscle. CSF 5-HIAA content was low, and HVA was high. Administration of 5-HTP and clonazepam abolished the involuntary movements.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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