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  • Title: Different types of cerebellar hypometria associated with a distinct topography of the lesion in cerebellum.
    Author: Manto MU, Setta F, Jacquy J, Godaux E, Hildebrand J, Roland H, Blum S, Brohee P.
    Journal: J Neurol Sci; 1998 Jun 11; 158(1):88-95. PubMed ID: 9667784.
    Abstract:
    We recorded ballistic wrist flexion movements in fifteen cerebellar patients exhibiting hypometria. The movement and the associated agonist and antagonist EMG activities were analysed. On the basis of the topography of the cerebellar lesion, our patients were divided into three groups. In the first group including five patients, lesions involved the efferent dentato-thalamo-cortical pathway and hypometria was associated with an imbalance between the rate of rise of the agonist EMG activity and the rate of rise of the antagonist EMG activity. In the three patients of group II, lesions were located at the level of the middle cerebellar peduncle, disrupting the crossed ponto-cerebellar projections. In these patients, the intensity of the agonist EMG activity was reduced and the duration of the antagonist EMG activity was increased. In the third group including seven patients presenting either a diffuse cerebellar atrophy or a stroke involving a large parenchymatous area, the agonist-antagonist EMG pattern showed a prolongation of the duration of the antagonist burst. Our results show that discrete mechanisms of cerebellar hypometria are associated with different anatomical lesions.
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