title: Axial myoclonus mediated by the propriospinal tract: a case report.
abstract: We describe a patient with axial myoclonus. Myoclonus first occurred in the upper abdominal muscle and spread up to the neck muscle and down to the lower abdominal muscle. Physiological studies of the jerks revealed that the myoclonus arose in the thoracic spinal cord and spread slowly up and down the spinal cord at about 3 m/s. We conclude that the myoclonus is mediated by the propriospinal tract.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ugawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakuta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology; D004525:Efferent Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles / Q000294:innervation*; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology