Talk:Myoclonus

Note: The first version of this article was adapted from the public domain NINDS Myoclonus Information Page

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If myoclonic seizure is merged into this page, please be clear that only a subset of all myoclonus originates owing to rhythmic cerebral cortical discharges (i.e., epilepsy.) Myoclonus can also originate in the cerebellum, brainstem, spinal cord, nerve, and muscle; and probably from the diencephalon as well. - Ikkyu2 09:20, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

Yes, merge

Clearly, the article on myoclonic seizure is less substantial than this one, yet has a few pieces of useful information that should be included here. Halcatalyst 22:43, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

alternative treatment.

hello. i am wondering if agents that inhibit calcium channel activity (Ca++ influx). For example NMDA receptor antagonist, that prevents it:

Memantine (Akatinol/Axura) Magnesium (supplement as a ca++ antagonist) Acamprosate (Campral) Amantadine (Symmetrel/Amantix)

Magnesium is an NMDA antagonist. Most people are suposed to be deficient in magnesium, and stress is suposed to reduces magnesium levels...

Efficient magnesium form: magnesium glycinate (chelated) bioavailability around 80% magnesium carbonate bioavailability at little above 30%-40% (cant remember well)

500 mg/day should be fine. or prehaps increasing food riche magnesium comsuption.

Could someone add the etymology?

Muscle-branch? (Does not really make sense.) 188.100.201.34 (talk) 02:06, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

The etymological meaning is muscle chaos. Norvo (talk) 02:21, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Contradictory phrasing?

In the intro we see this line:

Most often, myoclonus is one of several signs in a wide variety of nervous system disorders such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and some forms of epilepsy. Some researchers indicate that jerks persistently may even cause early tremors.

Then later under "Causes" we see this line:

Rarely does myoclonus indicate anything other than arbitrary muscle contraction. Myoclonus may develop in response to infection, head or spinal cord injury, stroke, brain tumors, kidney or liver failure, lipid storage disease, chemical or drug poisoning, as a side effect of certain drugs (such as tramadol[2] and quinolones), or other disorders.

These two lines seem to contradict one another. Can someone with more knowledge of the condition clarify this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.250.143.122 (talk) 15:17, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

I think "Rarely does myoclonus indicate anything other than arbitrary muscle contraction" implies that myoclonus is not an objective criterion in diagnosis (i.e. in the diagnosis of epilepsy, doctors prefer to use EEG), and so it shouldn't be relied on. That, or there are just too many attributable causes that myoclonus is hardly worth noting. MichaelExe (talk) 15:52, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Poor writing, please clarify.

Some researchers indicate that jerks persistently may even cause early tremors.

Does this mean that persistent jerks may cause early tremors, or that some theorise that jerks often cause early tremors? 64.60.100.162 (talk) 10:07, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Seconded. It reads like a badly-translated instruction manual for a crappy generic toy. Tj1916 (talk) 23:32, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Pronunciation

I have never heard the word pronounced with stress on the second syllable. How common is this?

adoarns (talk) 02:57, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

addition to article?

Can inner-ear Myoclonus be included to this article (Stapedial or Tensor Tympani)? I have no experience other than my diagnosis and info from the Dr.

Thanks Kim