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The origin of fasciculations in motoneuron disease
Author(s) -
Wettstein Albert
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410050312
Subject(s) - fasciculation , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , elbow , medicine , anatomy , neuroscience , physical medicine and rehabilitation , disease , psychology , pathology
The collision technique was used to determine the origin of distal fasciculations in 25 motor units from 9 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and 6 with other diseases involving motoneurons. Fasciculations originated in the nerve proximal to the knee or elbow in 15 and distally in 2; multiple sites of origin were found in 8 motor units. The origin was not related to the presence or absence of electromyographic evidence for collateral sprouting or lesions in descending suprasegmental pathways.

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