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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A 20-year-old woman presented to a specialist epilepsy center with seizures, myoclonus, ataxia, and impaired executive functions. She was born to unrelated parents, had febrile seizures in infancy, ...

Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2007;3(9):505-516. Myoclonic Status Epilepticus. Myoclonic SE is characterized by continuous, usually generalized, myoclonias of cortical origin. The inclusion of myoclonic SE ...

A recent report has described the use of video-electroencephalography (video-EEG) in the management of patients with atypical juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME). The work highlights the importance of ...