Sentences with word «myoclonic»

In Parkinson's it inhibits tremor, and possibly also in progressive myoclonic epilepsy.

One possibility was dogs, because Minassian said he knew they suffered from an almost identical form of epilepsy called autosomal recessive progressive myoclonic epilepsy (PME).

However, Matthew was having terrible seizures every day, between 10 and 15 tonic clonic seizures, drop attacks, absences as well as myoclonic jerks so powerful that they would knock him off his feet.

FARS is a problem of older cats, which typically exhibit myoclonic seizures (brief, shock - like jerks of a muscle or a group of muscles) in response to certain high - pitched sounds.

Lennox - Gastaut Syndrome, Dravet Syndrome, also known as severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy, or any other form of refractory epilepsy that is not adequately treated by traditional medical therapies.

New structures discovered within cilia show a relationship between certain proteins and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.

Following a Forward Genetics approach, Fleming researchers identified a novel neurological mouse model caused by a functional mutation in the Slc25a46 gene, a new pathogenic target in a wide spectrum of human neurological diseases, including optic atrophy, Charcot - Marie - Tooth type 2, Leigh syndrome, progressive myoclonic ataxia and lethal congenital pontocerebellar hypoplasia.

This treatment has been shown to be successful in treating a wide range of seizure types and syndromes (references 1, 2, 3) although may be particularly beneficial in myoclonic epilepsies, infantile spasms and tuberous sclerosis complex (reference 4).

This study indicates microstructural damage of the cerebellar white matter in familial cortical myoclonic tremor with epilepsy.

Kidney and liver functions can also be impaired causing myoclonic jerking, convulsions and violent seizures.

However, this well - defined form of epilepsy (not idiopathic), which is characterized by myoclonic type seizures with rapid, progressive mental deterioration and polyglucosan intracellular inclusions 35, is clearly distinct from the form or forms of epilepsy observed in Irish wolfhounds and other breeds.

Symptoms of JME are frequent twitches and myoclonic muscle jerks usually when the dog is sleeping or resting.

Lafora disease is a fatal, autosomal recessive, progressive, intractable myoclonic epilepsy and is recognized as one of the most aggressive and most severe forms of epilepsy.

In fact, gluten sensitivity is associated with all sorts of neurological disorders: cerebellar ataxia, epilepsy, myoclonic ataxia, chronic neuropathies, and dementia, mainly in middle - aged adults.

More recently, the molecular basis for autosomal recessive progressive myoclonic epilepsy (Lafora disease) in the miniature wirehaired dachshund has been identified 34.

In the cat, myoclonic jerking and / or mild tonic convulsions can be controlled by ultrashort - acting barbiturates which should be given to effect.

Doose syndrome, also known as myoclonic astatic epilepsy (MAE) or epilepsy with myoclonic - atonic seizures, is a rare type of generalised epilepsy that was first described in 1970 (1).