Open AccessMyoclonus Considerations on Their Classification and Treatment
Author(s) -
López Argüelles Julio,
M Sosa Aguila Leydi,
B Rodríguez Carvajal Aleima
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of clinical cases and reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2582-0435
DOI - 10.46619/joccr.2020.3-1066
Subject(s) - myoclonus , neuroscience , psychology , term (time) , etiology , cognitive psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , psychiatry , physics , quantum mechanics
Myoclonus is defined as involuntary, sharp and short-term movements of one or more muscular groups, stemmed from any structure of the central nervous system. Even though the study the myoclonus to motivated great quantity of scientific articles is not known with precision the physiopathological mechanisms that produce them. There are numerous classifications of the myoclonus that consider semiologic aspects, etiological, nosological, or physiological. Within them it takes on great importance the cortical myoclonus which occurs after the cortical origin of discharge transmitted through the pyramidal way