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Mat B, Sanz L, Arzi A, Boly M, Laureys S, Gosseries O. New behavioral signs of consciousness in patients with severe brain injuries. Semin Neurol 2022; 42:259-272. [PMID: 35738292 DOI: 10.1055/a-1883-0861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- Beril Mat
- Neurology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States.,Coma Science Group, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
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- Coma Science Group, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
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- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Department of Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Neurology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States.,Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States
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Increased pupillary constriction velocity in benign essential blepharospasm associated with photophobia. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0217924. [PMID: 31163059 PMCID: PMC6548394 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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We evaluated whether the pupillary light reflex is altered in benign essential blepharospasm patients. Twenty-three patients with benign essential blepharospasm, 47 with reflex blepharospasm, and 29 dry eye disease controls were included. Pupillary light reflex-related parameters were measured under mesopic (10 lux) and photopic illuminance (200 lux) using an infrared pupillometer. Additionally, we assessed photophobia grade, eyelid function, and dry eye disease-related parameters. There were no differences in age, sex predominance, or dry eye disease-related parameters among the three groups, or in photophobia grade and eyelid function between benign essential blepharospasm and reflex groups. Constriction velocity and maximum constriction velocity in the mesopic condition were significantly greater in the benign essential blepharospasm group (3.26 ± 0.56 and 5.27 ± 0.90 mm/s) than in reflex (2.86 ± 0.62 and 4.59 ± 1.00 mm/s) or dry eye disease groups (2.96 ± 0.46 and 4.72 ± 0.67 mm/s). Constriction velocity and maximum constriction velocity in the mesopic condition positively correlated with photophobia grade (r = 0.525 and 0.617, P = 0.025 and 0.006) in the benign essential blepharospasm group. Pupillary light reflex may be related to the pathophysiology of benign essential blepharospasm with photophobia. Further studies are required to reveal connections among pupillary light reflex, photophobia, and focal dystonia in benign essential blepharospasm patients with photophobia.
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Resistance to eye opening in patients with disorders of consciousness. J Neurol 2018; 265:1376-1380. [PMID: 29623396 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-018-8849-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Revised: 03/11/2018] [Accepted: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Resistance to eye opening (REO) is a commonly encountered phenomenon in clinical practice. We aim to investigate whether REO is a sign of consciousness or a reflex in severely brain-injured patients. METHODS We recorded REO in chronic patients with disorders of consciousness during a multimodal diagnostic assessment. REO evaluations were performed daily in each patient and clinical diagnosis of unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS), minimally conscious state with (MCS+) or without (MCS-) preserved language processing was made using the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R). RESULTS Out of 150 consecutive patients, 79 patients fit inclusion criteria. REO was seen in 19 patients (24.1%). At the group level, there was a significant relationship between the presence of REO and the level of consciousness. We also observed a difference in the repeatability of REO between patients in UWS, MCS- and MCS+. Out of 23 patients in UWS, six showed REO, in whom five showed atypical brain patterns activation. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest a voluntary basis for REO and stress the need for multiple serial assessments of REO in these patients, especially since most patients show fluctuating levels of consciousness.
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Jang Y, Jung KH, Lee ST, Chu K, Lee SK. A novel indicator, the "Jinx sign," is associated with an altered frontal-basal ganglionic connection. J Neurol Sci 2017; 379:306-307. [PMID: 28716268 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Yoonhyuk Jang
- Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea; Program in Neuroscience, Neuroscience Research Institute of SNUMRC, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
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- Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea; Program in Neuroscience, Neuroscience Research Institute of SNUMRC, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea; Program in Neuroscience, Neuroscience Research Institute of SNUMRC, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea; Program in Neuroscience, Neuroscience Research Institute of SNUMRC, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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Evinger CL. Animal Models of Focal Dystonia. Mov Disord 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-405195-9.00026-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Animal models indicate that the abnormal movements of focal dystonia result from disordered sensorimotor integration. Sensorimotor integration involves a comparison of sensory information resulting from a movement with the sensory information expected from the movement. Unanticipated sensory signals identified by sensorimotor processing serve as signals to modify the ongoing movement or the planning for subsequent movements. Normally, this process is an effective mechanism to modify neural commands for ongoing movement or for movement planning. Animal models of the focal dystonias spasmodic torticollis, writer's cramp, and benign essential blepharospasm reveal different dysfunctions of sensorimotor integration through which dystonia can arise. Animal models of spasmodic torticollis demonstrate that modifications in a variety of regions are capable of creating abnormal head postures. These data indicate that disruption of neural signals in one structure may mutate the activity pattern of other elements of the neural circuits for movement. The animal model of writer's cramp demonstrates the importance of abnormal sensory processing in generating dystonic movements. Animal models of blepharospasm illustrate how disrupting motor adaptation can produce dystonia. Together, these models show mechanisms by which disruptions in sensorimotor integration can create dystonic movements.
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- Craig Evinger
- Departments of Neurobiology & Behavior and Ophthalmology, SUNY Stony Brook, New York 11794-5230, USA.
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Primitive reflexes are typically present in childhood, suppressed during normal development, and may reappear with diseases of the brain, particularly those affecting the frontal lobes. In this review we discuss some historical aspects surrounding these reflexes, how they might be elicited and interpreted, and their potential clinical utility in modern neurological practice.
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- J M Schott
- Dementia Research Group, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurology, University College, London, UK
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Coats DK, Paysse EA, Kim DS. Excessive blinking in childhood: a prospective evaluation of 99 children. Ophthalmology 2001; 108:1556-61. [PMID: 11535449 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-6420(01)00644-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To determine the characteristics and causes of excess blinking in children and to determine outcomes after treatment. DESIGN Prospective, noncomparative, consecutive case series. PARTICIPANTS Ninety-nine consecutive children who presented for evaluation of excessive blinking over a 2 year period. METHODS Children less than 16 years of age who had excessive blinking as their sole or major chief complaint underwent detailed history and ophthalmologic examination. Treatment was recommended based on clinical examination findings. Follow-up evaluations were performed at least 2 months after initial examination. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Etiology of excess blinking and patient characteristics in each diagnostic group. RESULTS The majority (89%) of children presented with bilateral excessive blinking. Boys outnumbered girls at a ratio of almost 2:1. The most common etiologies were anterior segment and/or lid abnormalities (37%), habit tics (23%), uncorrected refractive errors (14%), intermittent exotropia (11%), and psycogenic blepharospasm (10%). A history of neurologic disease was present in 22% of the patients but was not causally related to the excessive blinking in most cases. Vision-threatening disease was noted in 6% and was easily detected on standard clinical examination. Life-threatening disease was the cause in 4% of the children, but the presence of life-threatening disease was already known in all such patients. CONCLUSIONS Excessive blinking in children can occur because of a large number of potential problems. Most cases are caused by benign and/or self-limiting conditions. The cause can usually be determined after careful history and clinical examination and routine neurologic evaluation and neuroimaging is unnecessary.
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- D K Coats
- Department of Ophthalmology, Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, USA.
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Ohkawa S, Yamadori A, Maeda K, Tabuchi M, Ohsumi Y, Mori E, Yoshida T, Yoneda Y, Uehara T. Excessive closure of the right eye: a new sign of infarction in the territory of the ipsilateral right middle cerebral artery. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1993; 56:894-6. [PMID: 8350107 PMCID: PMC1015145 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.56.8.894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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In right middle cerebral territory infarction a new sign, excessive closure of the right eye ipsilateral to the lesion and mild closure of the left eye on command, was noted. The excessive ipsilateral eye closure was not observed on spontaneous eye closure.
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- S Ohkawa
- Neurology Service, Hyogo Brain and Heart Center, Himeji, Japan
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Larumbe R, Vaamonde J, Artieda J, Zubieta JL, Obeso JA. Reflex blepharospasm associated with bilateral basal ganglia lesion. Mov Disord 1993; 8:198-200. [PMID: 8474489 DOI: 10.1002/mds.870080215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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A patient with a bilateral striatal lesion secondary to anoxia presented reflex blepharospasm associated with parkinsonism and dystonia in the limbs. The blink reflex excitability curve was enhanced and the R-2 response prolonged as in patients with essential blepharospasm. The findings in this patient support the notion that blepharospasm may be secondary to basal ganglia dysfunction through abnormal facilitation of reticular formation neurons controlling facial nucleus motoneuron excitability.
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- R Larumbe
- Department of Neurology, University of Navarra Medical School, Pamplona, Spain
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Kishi M, Kurihara T, Kinoshita M. A case of bilateral ptosis associated with cerebral hemispheric lesions. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY 1990; 44:585-8. [PMID: 2074618 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1990.tb01633.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Ptosis occurs in a variety of disorders including myasthenia gravis, oculomotor palsy, Horner's syndrome and brain stem disorders. There are also supranuclear lesions causing blepharoptosis. The latter disorders are reflex blepharospasm, apraxia of eyelid opening and Meige's syndrome. Since the total number of bilateral ptosis associated with cerebral hemispheric lesions is very few, whether the responsible lesions are located in the nondominant hemisphere or bilateral hemispheres are still controversial. We report here a case of bilateral cerebral ptosis that occurred in association with cerebral infarction of the nondominant hemisphere.
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- M Kishi
- Fourth Department of Medicine, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Defazio G, Lamberti P, Lepore V, Livrea P, Ferrari E. Facial dystonia: clinical features, prognosis and pharmacology in 31 patients. ITALIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES 1989; 10:553-60. [PMID: 2515166 DOI: 10.1007/bf02333790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The natural history and response to different treatments were assessed in 31 consecutive patients with blepharospasm (BS) and/or oromandibular dystonia (OMD). The mean age at onset was 52.4 years and there was a female preponderance of 2.5 to 1. Ocular symptoms preceded the onset of blepharospasm in more than 50% of the affected patients, whereas psychiatric and dental problems prior to the onset of focal dystonia were found in 10% and 13% of the cases respectively. Dystonia elsewhere, mainly in the craniocervical area, was found in 23% of patients and appeared to follow a somatotopic progression. The first 2-3 years of history were crucial for the spread of dystonia to other face and body parts. When OMD was the first symptom, a lower tendency of dystonia to progress elsewhere was observed. A putative cause was found in 14% of patients who showed clinical and radiographic evidence of basal ganglia or rostral brainstem-diencephalon lesions. The response to different drugs was inconsistent although transient improvement was induced by haloperidol in 6 patients, by L-Dopa plus deprenyl in 3 patients, by trihexyphenidyl in 2 patients and by clonazepam in 2 patients. One, apparently spontaneous, remission was observed. Botulinum A toxin was injected in the orbicularis oculi of 8 patients affected by BS: moderate to marked improvement lasting 5 to 30 weeks (mean 14.5 weeks) was achieved in all cases; transient ptosis, lasting 1 to 3 weeks, occurred in 3 cases.
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- G Defazio
- Istituto di Clinica delle Malattie Nervose e Mentali, Università degli Studi di Bari
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Facial dystonia: clinical features, prognosis and pharmacology in 31 patients. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1989. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02333953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Ophthalmologic symptoms are often not sufficiently accounted for by organic pathology. The complaints of these patients have been labeled hysterical, psychogenic, non-organic, or functional. The psychiatric nosology in this area may be the most confusing in the whole field of clinical medicine. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III-R) offers a classification designed to reduce non-empirical concepts and ideology to a minimum. On this background, we discuss the hysterical symptoms encountered in clinical ophthalmology with special emphasis on psychogenic amblyopia and blepharospasm. Motor symptoms are commonly not of psychogenic origin. It is suggested that ophthalmologists are most likely to treat patients with psychogenic symptoms, using suggestion, patience, and reassurance. Few patients require psychiatric consultation and a specific psychiatric therapy. The association of hysteria with organic brain disease and the issue of symptom lateralization are briefly discussed. Eventually, we reject the psychoanalytic approach and suggest that the concept of abnormal illness behavior and the neurobiological models involving corticofugal inhibition, primitive reflex mechanisms, and an attention disturbance, serve best to understand the nature of the phenomenon hysteria.
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- M Weller
- University Eye Clinic Cologne, FRG
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Johnston JC, Rosenbaum DM, Picone CM, Grotta JC. Apraxia of eyelid opening secondary to right hemisphere infarction. Ann Neurol 1989; 25:622-4. [PMID: 2742362 DOI: 10.1002/ana.410250615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A variety of eyelid movement abnormalities have been attributed to lesions of the central nervous system. Apraxia of lid movements, and especially of lid opening, has received the least attention. We present 2 cases of lid opening apraxia and propose that this abnormality may be due to right hemisphere dysfunction.
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- J C Johnston
- Department of Neurology, University of Texas School of Medicine, Houston
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Severe bilateral blepharospasm with left hemiplegia occurred in a 50-year-old woman, who developed cardiac arrest following ventricular aneurysmectomy. The blepharospasm was present constantly, even during sleep, and increased during attempts at voluntary eye opening. CT scan revealed multiple hypodense areas involving basal ganglia bilaterally and the right perisylvian area. The blepharospasm improved gradually over a 6-month period, although the left hemiplegia remained unchanged.
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- P R Palakurthy
- Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky 40292
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Spontaneous facial movements are disturbing to those who have them, yet some such movements are benign and cause no more than cosmetic embarrassment. Other abnormal facial movements, however, are more serious and can be associated with neurologic disorders such as multiple sclerosis, brainstem tumor, peripheral neuropathy, and Guillain-Barré syndrome. Occasionally, an abnormal movement of the face is the first sign of such an underlying disorder. Accurate differential diagnosis of these perplexing movement disorders is imperative in determining prognosis.
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Gandhavadi B. Glabellar reflex habituation in mentally retarded adults. JOURNAL OF MENTAL DEFICIENCY RESEARCH 1982; 26 (Pt 4):271-278. [PMID: 7169634 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1982.tb00155.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The glabellar tap reflex has been studied in 88 adults with mental retardation and 20 normal controls. None of the 20 controls had abnormal response to glabellar tap. All the subjects with mental retardation had abnormal response to glabellar tap, 80 subjects had 'no habituation' and eight subjects had 'poor habituation' of response to glabellar tap. Thirty-nine subjects, with Down's syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome and with gross cerebral pathological states with or without motor deficits had 'no habituation' of response to glabellar tap. Of the remaining 49 subjects with unidentified aetiological diagnosis of mental retardation, 41 subjects had 'no habituation' and eight subjects had 'poor habituation' of response to glabellar tap. Age and sex had no significant effect on the response to glabellar tap in the subjects studied. The possible physiological mechanisms responsible for the abnormal response to glabellar tap have been discussed.
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Miller NR, Gittinger JW, Keltner JL, Burde RM. "Squeezing eyes." A clinical pathological conference. Surv Ophthalmol 1981; 26:97-100. [PMID: 7323958 DOI: 10.1016/0039-6257(81)90146-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The surgical management of essential blepharospasm. Mov Disord 1981. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-407-02295-9.50028-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Blink reflexes were studied in 21 patients in coma after severe head injury. Our observations suggest that blink reflexes are a simple, objective, neurophysiological test to evaluate brainstem function. Correlations between these reflexes and the anatomoclinical stanges of coma and the Glasgow coma scale have been established. Presence of the early R1 component shows the integrity of at least a part of the pontine structures. The appearance of the late R2 component is correlated with a better chance of recovery from coma.
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Schenck E, Schmidt D. [Idiopathic blepharospasm. Clinical and electrophysiological investigations in 27 patients (author's transl)]. ARCHIV FUR PSYCHIATRIE UND NERVENKRANKHEITEN 1978; 226:201-14. [PMID: 736767 DOI: 10.1007/bf00341711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Idiopathic blepharospasm is reexamined and the differential diagnosis discussed on the basis of the signs and symptoms of 27 unpublished cases. As in tardive dyskinesia, middle-aged and elderly women are mostly affected. Contrary to general opinion, spontaneous improvement occurred in about one-fifth of the patients. The habituation of the orbicularis oculi reflexes (investigated electromyographically) was diminished in 52% of the patients. These and other symptoms indicate an organic cerebral lesion as the main cause of the disease. Similarities existing between blepharospasm and torticollis spasticus are discussed.
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Painful bilateral orbicularis clonus on eccentric gaze developed in 2 patients with demyelinating disease. This unusual phenomenon was of variable intensity but persisted for years and did not respond to phenytoin or carbamazepine therapy.
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Serrats AF, Parker SA, Merino-Cañas A. The blink reflex in coma and after recovery from coma. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1976; 34:79-97. [PMID: 961493 DOI: 10.1007/bf01405865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Comparative studies of the blink reflex in a series of head injuries through the stages of coma and recovery from coma in a series of miscellaneous hemispheral lesions, and in a normal series, reveals that, although the principal centre for the R1 component of the blink reflex seems to be localised in the upper pons, the seat of the R2 late component is in the reticular system. The reappearance of this late component of the blink reflex in our cases of coma although seeming to depend on the integrity of the mesencephalic formation, correlates with the recovery of the patient's alertness. On the other hand, habituation of this reflex depends on the integrity of global cognitive function, rather than on any localised centre. The roles of the cortex, selective attention, and emotional factors, are discussed. The recovery of the normal habituation of the blink reflex obtained by glabellar tapping was found to be a useful sign in the follow up of patients recovering from concussion and other lesions, such as subdural haematomas and brain tumours, with global mental impairment.
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Twenty-five examples of ptosis occuring with an acute stroke are analysed. Thirteen of these patients had hemispheral infarctions in which ptosis could not be explained by third nerve or sympathetic dysfunction. The ptosis in these `cerebral' cases was bilateral, with other factors such as pyramidal tract damage determining the asymmetry of the ptosis. In some patients, the eyelid was ptosed on the side of a hemiparesis, narrowing the palpebral fissure. The anatomical basis for this is probably damage to pyramidal neurones or their fibres. The 10 cases of ptosis in relationship to brain-stem infarction included two patients with isolated complete ptosis in one eye in association with a contralateral third nerve palsy.
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Pearce J, Aziz H, Gallagher JC. Primitive reflex activity in primary and symptomatic Parkinsonism. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1968; 31:501-8. [PMID: 4303799 PMCID: PMC496408 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.31.5.501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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