PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Yakushiji, Y.
AU  - Otsubo, R.
AU  - Hayashi, T.
AU  - Fukuchi, K.
AU  - Yamada, N.
AU  - Hasegawa, Y.
AU  - Minematsu, K.
TI  - Glucose utilization in the inferior cerebellar vermis and ocular myoclonus
AID  - 10.1212/01.wnl.0000223837.52895.2e
DP  - 2006 Jul 11
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 131--133
VI  - 67
IP  - 1
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/67/1/131.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/67/1/131.full
SO  - Neurology2006 Jul 11; 67
AB  - In a patient with symptomatic ocular myoclonus, the authors observed the regional cerebral metabolic rate of glucose use (rCMRGlu) before and after successful treatment with clonazepam. Even after the symptoms resolved, the rCMRGlu in the hypertrophic olive increased persistently, whereas that in the inferior cerebellar vermis contralateral to the hypertrophic olive decreased. The inferior cerebellar vermis, belonging to the vestibulocerebellar system, may be associated with the generation of symptomatic ocular myoclonus.