Treatment of myoclonus focuses on medications that may help reduce symptoms. The drug of first choice to treat myoclonus, especially certain types of action myoclonus, is clonazepam, a type of ...

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 ...

Fast, reliable and automatic assessment of the severity of myoclonic jerks from video footage is now possible, thanks to an algorithm using deep convolutional neural network architecture and ...

Dementia is a syndrome of ongoing brain decline, beyond what can be expected as a result of old age. The condition is often recognised when signs of pronounced memory loss emerge. There are, however, ...

Objective: To report an uncommon adverse event in an elderly patient related to the cholinesterase inhibitor, donepezil. Case Summary: An 80-year-old Greek woman with Alzheimer disease was admitted to ...

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 ...

A 25-year follow-up study reveals that 68% of patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) became seizure-free, with nearly 30% no longer needing antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment. A 25-year ...

Opsoclonus myoclonus refers to a rare neurological disorder that involves unsteady, trembling movements, brief shock-like spasms a.k.a. myoclonus and irregular, rapid eye movements a.k.a. opsoclonus.