دورية أكاديمية
Pontine hyperperfusion in sporadic hyperekplexia
| العنوان: | Pontine hyperperfusion in sporadic hyperekplexia |
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| المؤلفون: | Vetrugno, Roberto, Mascalchi, Mario, Vella, Alessandra, Nave, Riccardo Della, Guerrini, Laura, Vattimo, Angelo, del Giudice, Emanuele Miraglia, Plazzi, Giuseppe, DAngelo, Roberto, Greco, Giovanni, Montagna, Pasquale |
| بيانات النشر: | British Medical Journal Publishing Group |
| سنة النشر: | 2007 |
| المجموعة: | HighWire Press (Stanford University) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Short reports |
| الوصف: | Objective: To explore with neuroimaging techniques the anatomical and functional correlates of sporadic hyperekplexia. Methods: Two elderly women with sporadic hyperekplexia underwent neurophysiological assessment, MRI of the brain and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) of the brainstem and frontal lobes. Regional cerebral blood flow was investigated with single photon emission tomography (SPECT) during evoked startles and at rest. Results: Both patients showed excessively large and non-habituating startle responses. In both patients, MRI showed impingement of the brainstem by the vertebrobasilar artery, lack of frontal or brainstem abnormalities on 1H-MRS and hyperperfusion in the dorsal pons and cingulate cortex, and superior frontal gyrus at SPECT during evoked startles. Conclusions: In our patients with hyperekplexia, the vertebrobasilar arteries were found to impinge on the brainstem. Neurophysiological findings and neurofunctional imaging of evoked startles indicated a pontine origin of the movement disorder modulated by activation in cortical, especially frontal, areas. The neurofunctional correlates of evoked startles in human sporadic hyperekplexia are similar to those observed for the startle circuit in animals. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | text |
| وصف الملف: | text/html |
| اللغة: | English |
| العلاقة: | http://jnnp.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/78/9/1001Test; http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2006.113837Test |
| DOI: | 10.1136/jnnp.2006.113837 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2006.113837Test http://jnnp.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/78/9/1001Test |
| حقوق: | Copyright (C) 2007, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.87366EFD |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1136/jnnp.2006.113837 |
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