Author/Editor		Frucht, Steven J; Trošt, Maja; Ma, Yilong; Eidelberg, David
Title		The metabolic topography of posthypoxic myoclonus
Type		članek
Source		Neurology
Vol. and No.		Letnik 62
Publication year		2004
Volume		str. 1879-81
Language		eng
Abstract		Posthypoxic myoclonus (PHM) is a syndrome of action and intention myoclonus that occurs in some patients who survive a cardiac arrest. Using PET and statistical parametric mapping, the authors observed a significant bilateral increase in glucose metabolism in the ventrolateral thalamus and pontine tegmentum in patients relative to controls. Interventions such as deep brain stimulation that interrupt networks that involve these structures may be useful in patients with severe PHM.
Descriptors		BRAIN HEART ARREST CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA MYOCLONUS TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI ADULT MIDDLE AGE SEX FACTORS EFFERENT PATHWAYS MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING TEMPORAL LOBE THALAMUS TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED