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Alcohol improves cerebellar learning deficit in myoclonus-dystonia: A clinical and electrophysiological investigation.
Annals of neurology - 1 Oct 2017
Weissbach Anne, Werner Elisa, Bally Julien F, Tunc Sinem, Löns Sebastian, Timmann Dagmar, Zeuner Kirsten E, Tadic Vera, Brüggemann Norbert, Lang Anthony, Klein Christine, Münchau Alexander, Bäumer Tobias
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To characterize neurophysiological subcortical abnormalities in myoclonus-dystonia and their modulation by alcohol administration. METHODS: Cerebellar associative learning and basal ganglia-brainstem interaction were investigated in 17 myoclonus-dystonia patients with epsilon-sarcoglycan (SGCE) gene mutation and 21 age- and sex-matched healthy controls by means of classical eyeblink conditioning and...
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