[Propriospinal myoclonus induced by relaxation and drowsiness]

Rev Neurol (Paris). 1998 Jun;154(5):423-5.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Propriospinal myoclonus is a subtype of spinal myoclonus characterized by axial flexion or extension jerks, arrhythmic and prolonged muscle bursts with a pattern of activation consistent with a slow conduction within the propriospinal pathways. We describe a new idiopathic case of flexion propriospinal myoclonus occurring upon relaxation and drowsiness. This syndrome is to be added to the spectrum of movement disorders occurring during drowsiness.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
  • Baclofen / therapeutic use
  • Clonazepam / therapeutic use
  • Electrophysiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle Relaxants, Central / therapeutic use
  • Myoclonus / etiology
  • Myoclonus / physiopathology*
  • Piracetam / therapeutic use
  • Polysomnography
  • Sleep Stages / physiology*
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / etiology
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / physiopathology*
  • Valproic Acid / therapeutic use
  • Wakefulness

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants
  • Muscle Relaxants, Central
  • Clonazepam
  • Valproic Acid
  • Baclofen
  • Piracetam