Motor Co-Activation of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy in Siblings
By: J Gordon Millichap and John J Millichap
Abstract
Investigators at UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK, used functional magnetic resonance imaging to study the effect of cognitive effort during a working memory task as a trigger of myoclonic jerks in 15 unaffected siblings (10 female; age range 18-65 years, median 40 yrs) of 11 patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (6 female; age range 22-54 yrs, median 35).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-28-10-6 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482
Language: English
Page range: 78 - 79
Published on: Oct 1, 2014
Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2014 J Gordon Millichap, John J Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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