Belly dancer's myoclonus and chronic abdominal pain: Pain-related dysinhibition of a spinal cord central pattern generator?
| Autor: | D Idone, Stefano Tamburin, Giampietro Zanette |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Myoclonus
Spinal plasticity Myoclonic Jerk Spinal Cord Diseases mental disorders Humans Medicine Chronic abdominal pain Aged 80 and over Electromyography business.industry Chronic pain Central pattern generator medicine.disease Spinal cord Abdominal Pain nervous system diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Neurology Anesthesia Female Neurology (clinical) Geriatrics and Gerontology medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 13:317-320 |
| ISSN: | 1353-8020 |
| Popis: | We report on a patient with segmental rhythmic myoclonus resembling belly dance. This patient developed the myoclonus in temporal and anatomical association with chronic abdominal pain. No structural or metabolic abnormalities were found. EMG recordings suggested the presence of a spinal cord central pattern generator (CPG). We hypothesize that pain-related spinal plasticity might have contributed to the hyperactivity of a spinal CPG, thus leading to the myoclonic jerks in our patient. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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