Myoclonus / editors, Stanley Fahn, C. David Marsden, Melvin H. Van Woert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fahn, Stanley, 1933-

Marsden, C. David.

Van Woert, Melvin H.

Series:

Advances in neurology ; v. 43.

Advances in neurology ; v. 43

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Myoclonus.

Medical Subjects:

Myoclonus.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Physical Description:

xviii, 730 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Raven Press, [1986]

Contents:

Definition and classification of myoclonus

Myoclonic epilepsies of infancy and childhood

Action myoclonus, Ramsay Hunt syndrome, and other cerebellar myoclonic syndromes

Baltic myoclonus

Myoclonus in neuronal storage and lafora diseases

Action myoclonus-renal failure syndrome: a previously unrecognized neurological disorder unmasked by advances in nephrology

Myoclonus and mitochondrial myopathy

Biotin-responsive encephalopathy with myoclonus, ataxia, and seizures

Myoclonic encephalopathy of infants

Asterixis: one type of negative myoclonus

Posthypoxic action myoclonus: literature review update

Biochemistry and therapeutics of posthypoxic muoclonus

Treatment of posthypoxic action myoclonus: implications for the pathophysiology of the disorder

Lisuride in the treatment of myoclonus

New drugs for posthypoxic action myoclonus: oberservations from a well-studied case

Postmortem studies on posthypoxic and post-methyl bromide intoxication: case reports

Pathological findings in a case of hypoxic myoclonus treated with 5-hydroxytryptophan and a decarboxylase inhibitor

Toxic myoclonus

Neuromuscular effects of monoamine oxidase inhibitors

Drug-induced myoclonus

palatal myoclonus

Rhythmic myoclonias including spinal myoclonus

Essential myoclonus

Nocturnal myoclonus and restless legs syndrome

Dominantly inherited restless legs with myoclonus and periodic movements of sleep: a syndrome related to the endogenous opiates?

Excessive startle syndromes: startle disease, jumping, and startle epilepsy

Evolving ideas on the neurophysiology of myoclonus

Electroencephalographic correlates of myoclonus

Somatosensory evoked potentials in myoclonus.

Electrophysiology of somatosensory reflex myoclonus

Myoclonus in Alzheimer's disease and minipolymyoclonus

Primate serotonergic system: a review of human and animal studies and a report on Macaca fascicularis

Biochemical pharmacology of the serotonin system

Motor activity and the brain serotonin system

Reengineering the brain serotonin system: localized application of specific neurotoxins and fetal serotonergic neurons into the adult central nervous system

L-5-HTP-induced myoclonic jumping behavior in guinea pigs: an update

Serotonin models of myoclonus in the guinea pig and rat

5-HT-mediated myoclonus in the guinea pig as a model of brainstem 5-HT and tryptamine receptor action

New animal model for action myoclonus

Urea-induced stimulus-sensitive myoclonus in the rat

Urea myoclonus: possible involvement of glycine

DDT myoclonus: site of "myoclonus center" in the brain

p, p'-DDT-induced myoclonus in the rat and its application as an animal model of 5-HT-sensitive action myoclonus

Animal models of myoclonus using 1,2-dihydroxybenzene (catechol) and chloralose

Myoclonus induced by intermittent light stimulation in the baboon: neurophysiological and neuropharmacological approaches

Mechanism of action of clonazepam in myoclonus in relation to effects on GABA and 5-HT

Clonazepam-induced up-regulation of serotonin1 and serotonin2 binding sites in rat frontal cortex

Possible mechanisms of action of valproic acid in myoclonus

Valoroate and myoclonus

Piracetam: physiological disposition and mechanism of action

Drugs acting on amino acid neurotransmitters

concluding remarks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Myoclonus.

ISBN:

0881671223

9780881671223

OCLC:

20525697