title: Unilateral pure thalamic asterixis: clinical, electromyographic, and topographic patterns.
abstract: Eleven patients (nine with infarctions and two with primary hematomas) with isolated thalamic lesions and contralateral asterixis were examined using a standard electromyographic and neuroimaging protocol. Asterixis was a short-duration phenomenon associated with a hemiataxia hypesthesia syndrome in all patients. Electromechanical synchronization was constant for the two silent period types. The anatomic data strongly suggest that ventral lateral or lateral posterior thalamus are concerned in the pathophysiology of thalamic asterixis.
authors.affiliation: Fédération des Sciences Neurologiques, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Jean Minjoz, Besançon, France. laurent.tatu@univ-fcomte.fr
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tatu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moulin
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Monnier
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rumbach
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001259:Ataxia / Q000209:etiology; D020820:Dyskinesias / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013786:Thalamic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013788:Thalamus / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology