Clinical neurophysiology practice · 2022
Myoclonus generators in sialidosis.
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Vial Felipe, McGurrin Patrick, Attaripour Sanaz, d'Azzo Alesandra, Tifft Cynthia J, Toro Camilo, Hallett Mark
Аннотация
OBJECTIVE: Sialidosis is an inborn error of metabolism. There is evidence that the myoclonic movements observed in this disorder have a cortical origin, but this mechanism does not fully explain the bilaterally synchronous myoclonus activity frequently observed in many patients. We present evidence of a subcortical basis for synchronous myoclonic phenomena.
METHODS: Electromyographic investigations were undertaken in two molecularly and biochemically confirmed patients with sialidosis type-1.
RESULTS: The EMG recordings showed clear episodes of bilaterally synchronous myoclonic activity in contralateral homologous muscles. We also observed a high muscular-muscular coherence with near-zero time-lag between these muscles.
CONCLUSION: The absence of coherence phase lag between the right-and-left homologous muscles during synchronous events indicates that a unilateral cortical source cannot fully explain the myoclonic activity. There must exist a subcortical mechanism for bilateral synchronization accounting for this phenomenon.
SIGNIFICANCE: Understanding this mechanism may illuminate cortical-subcortical relationships in myoclonus.
METHODS: Electromyographic investigations were undertaken in two molecularly and biochemically confirmed patients with sialidosis type-1.
RESULTS: The EMG recordings showed clear episodes of bilaterally synchronous myoclonic activity in contralateral homologous muscles. We also observed a high muscular-muscular coherence with near-zero time-lag between these muscles.
CONCLUSION: The absence of coherence phase lag between the right-and-left homologous muscles during synchronous events indicates that a unilateral cortical source cannot fully explain the myoclonic activity. There must exist a subcortical mechanism for bilateral synchronization accounting for this phenomenon.
SIGNIFICANCE: Understanding this mechanism may illuminate cortical-subcortical relationships in myoclonus.