First described 60 years ago, chronic myoclonus following cerebral anoxia is now known as Lance-Adams syndrome. This is a severe disorder whose mechanisms were, until now, poorly understood. Geoffroy ...

A woman who was pronounced dead for eight minutes has revealed what she saw – and says death is an illusion. Brianna Lafferty’s soul “floated” above her, before she passed over into a ...

Brianna Lafferty, 33, from Colorado, USA, has a life-limiting neurological disorder called myoclonus dystonia and said her body 'gave up' after she was clinically dead ...

News • Classification of movement disorders Tremor or myoclonus? AI helps tell them apart In a pioneering study, from the Expertise Centre for Movement Disorders in Groningen, Machine Learning, a core ...

This study is published in the scientific journal Computers in Biology and Medicine. Distinction between tremor and myoclonus The first result from the project focuses on the distinction between ...

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 ...

In palliative care, we most commonly see myoclonic jerks and drowsiness secondary to opioids and gabapentinoids, usually in the context of: In this clinical case, an acute hospital inpatient with ...

Sleep myoclonus is defined as a “brief, involuntary twitching or jerking of a muscle or group of muscles.” It typically occurs as a person is falling asleep or during sleep. It's more common in ...

What is sleep myoclonus? The scientific name for this phenomenon is sleep myoclonus (also known as hypnic myoclonus), and happens when you shift from one sleep phase into another. During these sleep ...