Myoclonus is a sudden, random muscle jerk. It can happen alone or stem from a medical condition. Possible causes include medication side effects, damage to the nervous system, and disorders that ...

Dementia worsens as the nerve cells in the brain become progressively damaged and can no longer function. Over time, this can jeopardise a person's thinking abilities and motor skills. This is why ...

It all began when one of my daughters, who was 6 years old at the time, asked, "What's that clicking noise?" As someone who has been in the dental field for 20 years now (10 years when this question ...

A new study shows that wearable sensor technology can be used to reliably assess the occurrence of myoclonic jerks in patients with epilepsy also in the home environment. A new study by the University ...

Electroencephalography (EEG) can distinguish phenotypes of postanoxic multifocal myoclonus (PAMM), a condition that may develop soon after cardiac arrest — but only one EEG pattern is associated with ...

Etomidate is widely used for induction in general anaesthesia due to its stability in haemodynamics and rapid onset of action. However, its use is frequently complicated by the occurrence of myoclonus ...

Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome (OMS) is a rare neuroimmunological disorder in children and adults. Symptoms include rapid multidirectional conjugate eye movements (opsoclonus), myoclonus, tremors, ...

In a pioneering study, from the Expertise Centre for Movement Disorders in Groningen, Machine Learning, a core area of artificial intelligence (AI), is successfully used for the first time to ...