Myoclonus in Alzheimer's disease.

J Neurol

Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.

Published: December 1987

Myoclonus was studied electrophysiologically in seven patients with clinically diagnosed Alzheimer's disease. There seem to be at least two physiological types of myoclonus in Alzheimer's disease. Cerebral cortical structures might participate in the generation of myoclonus in one type, while the other type is probably generated by subcortical structures.

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