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SUBMITTER: Vetrugno R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2117864 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vetrugno Roberto R Mascalchi Mario M Vella Alessandra A Della Nave Riccardo R Guerrini Laura L Vattimo Angelo A del Giudice Emanuele Miraglia EM Plazzi Giuseppe G D'Angelo Roberto R Greco Giovanni G Montagna Pasquale P
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 20070901 9
<h4>Objective</h4>To explore with neuroimaging techniques the anatomical and functional correlates of sporadic hyperekplexia.<h4>Methods</h4>Two elderly women with sporadic hyperekplexia underwent neurophysiological assessment, MRI of the brain and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) of the brainstem and frontal lobes. Regional cerebral blood flow was investigated with single photon emission tomography (SPECT) during evoked startles and at rest.<h4>Results</h4>Both patients showed ex ...[more]