CLONUS - THE ROLE OF CENTRAL MECHANISMS
CLONUS - THE ROLE OF CENTRAL MECHANISMS
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DOI:
10.1136/jnnp.43.4.321
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
11
通讯作者:
SHERWOOD, AM
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作者:
DIMITRIJEVIC, MR;NATHAN, PW;SHERWOOD, AM
The peripheral and central components in sustained clonus in humans were investigated. Clonus is usually present in neurological disorders, and arises only when there is a lesion involving lateral corticospinal tract fibers. The excitability of the motoneurons responding to maintained stretch by clonus was examined by tendon taps, trains of vibratory stimuli and H-reflex afferent volleys. Every burst of clonic discharge of the motoneurons was followed by a refractory period, which was followed by a shorter excitatory period. The motoneurons responding clonically to a continuous stretch cannot respond until their excitability is regained after the refractory period. Attempts to change the rate of clonus in various ways failed. Whether motoneurons of clonic muscles tend to respond maximally to other Ia volleys at the rate of clonus was examined by applying repeated taps to the tendon at rates from 1-15 Hz. There was a maximal response at the rate of clonus. Cutaneous inputs other than those induced by stretch cause clonus.