RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Glucose utilization in the inferior cerebellar vermis and ocular myoclonus
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 131
OP 133
DO 10.1212/01.wnl.0000223837.52895.2e
VO 67
IS 1
A1 Yakushiji, Y.
A1 Otsubo, R.
A1 Hayashi, T.
A1 Fukuchi, K.
A1 Yamada, N.
A1 Hasegawa, Y.
A1 Minematsu, K.
YR 2006
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/67/1/131.abstract
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.