The metabolic topography of posthypoxic myoclonus. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

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.

publication date

  • May 25, 2004

Research

keywords

  • Brain
  • Heart Arrest
  • Hypoxia, Brain
  • Myoclonus

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 2442660242

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1212/01.wnl.0000125336.05001.23

PubMed ID

  • 15159501

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 62

issue

  • 10