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  • Title: Electrographic study of brainstem reflex myoclonus.
    Author: Oguro K, Kobayashi J, Aiba H, Kobayashi S, Hojo H.
    Journal: Electromyogr Clin Neurophysiol; 1997 Mar; 37(2):99-106. PubMed ID: 9098674.
    Abstract:
    A patient with post-hypoxic brainstem reflex myoclonus was examined. In spontaneous jerks electromyographic activity started in the sternocleidomastoid and spread down the spinal cord bilaterally. A similar jerk was elicited by somaesthetic or acoustic stimulation. The patient's blink reflex suggested bilateral pontine lesions at least. Thus, the pattern of muscle activation pointed to a brainstem origin of the myoclonus. Spinal conduction studies conducted during the jerks suggested that the myoclonus signal facilitated a path identical to the spinobulbospinal reflex demonstrated in animals.
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