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Two cases of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) are reported in two men (49 and 75years old) who for one and four years respectively had sudden falling while walking. Rigidity of the neck was an carly feature that prgressed to involve the upper trunk while "subcortical dementia", dysarthria and dysphagia appeared. They had a complete paralysis of vertical eye movements and slow horizontal voluntary eye movements. Oculocephalic reflexes were intact. On caloric stimulation vestibulo-ocular responses were present but only slow saccadic eye movements were observed. With surface electrodes eye movements were studied during the REM phase of sleep. Our patients had both vertical and horizontal eye movements during paradoxal sleep. This findings is in keeping with a supranuclear ophtalmoplegia, and may help in antemorten diagnosis of PSP.
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PMID:Progressive supranuclear palsy: report of two cases (author's transl). 18 May 89

This is the first report of unilateral palatal myoclonus with which two different ocular movements were synchronized. A 55-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital due to intubation and dysarthria of sudden onset after three similar attacks for these four years. On admission right ptosis, hypalgesia in the right face, right facial nerve palsy, dysarthria, bilaterally increased deep tendon reflexes and trunkal ataxia were noted. Continuous repetitive contractions at 110/min frequencies were observed in the left soft palate, pharynx and larynx. On electronystagmography and electro-magnetic search coil system (Skala system), two different ocular movements, i.e., rotary oscillation with torsion and nystagmus to the right, successively alternated each other at random during eyelids closure. They were synchronized with palatal myoclonus. True nystagmus synchronized with palatal myoclonus has not been reported. When she calculated, rotary oscillation disappeared. In sleep polygraphy, rotary oscillation reduced in amplitude in stage 1 and disappeared in stages 2, 3, 4 and REM. On the other hand, the nystagmus reduced in amplitude in stage 1 and 2 and disappeared in stages 3, 4 and REM. The direction of nystagmus was converted to the left in stages 1 and 2. Similarly, in a drowsy state induced by intravenous injection of 7 mg diazepam, the direction of the nystagmus was converted to the left. On brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) right inferior olive was identified as a well circumscribed, enlarged increased signal area on T2-weighted and proton density-weighted images in addition to the lesions of infarcts in left corona radiata, posterior limb of right internal capsule and tegmentum pontis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:[Unilateral palatal myoclonus with peculiar ocular movements--neurotological studies and MRI]. 275 41

Autonomic dysfunction, neuropsychiatric problems, axial signs and sleep disorders are common complications of advanced Parkinson's disease (PD). Urinary disturbance due to detrusor hyperreflexia and iatrogenic orthostatic hypotension are prominent dysautonomic signs. Depression and anxiety are frequent but can occur exclusively during off periods. A fronto-sub cortical dementia occurs in 30% of PD patients, but anti-parkinsoniens drugs (APD) can cause hallucinations even in non demented PD patients. Axial signs, such as freezing, postural instabily or dysarthria become doparesistant. Insomnia, REM sleep disorders. At least, pain is very frequent. Exact analysis of these signs is important for an adequate treatement: most of them are improved by APD but some of them, like orthostatic hypotension or hallucinations, are increased by these drugs.
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PMID:[Other symptoms of advanced stage Parkinson's disease]. 1091 48

The patient was a 55-year-old man who had shown progressive dysarthria and unsteady gait since 48 years of age. Neurologically, pure cerebellar ataxia without either pyramidal or extrapyramidal signs was seen. He had been diagnosed as having cortical cerebellar atrophy (CCA) at age 53. Polysomnography was carried out at June 17th, 2003, because of snoring and sleep apnea had occurred since January 2003. The results showed central dominant sleep apnea with an apnea index (AI) of 16.6. Apnea occurred during shallow sleep, stages I and II, while the length of REM sleep was almost normal, occupying 17.7% of total sleep time. The rhythm of his sleep was well preserved. Brain MRI showed cerebellar atrophy without any brainstem abnormality. Except for the central type sleep apnea, no other autonomic symptoms were found. We considered that the diagnosis of CCA remained applicable to the patient because of the presence of pure cerebellar symptoms over a 7-year-course, and the absence of brainstem atrophy on MRI. Sleep apnea seen in the present patient was distinct from MSA in which central type sleep apnea dominated, and that the sleeping rhythm including REM was preserved.
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PMID:[Cortical cerebellar atrophy presenting with central type sleep apnea syndrome]. 1611 30

No validated biomarker is yet available for Parkinson's disease (PD). Clinical PD symptoms include dopa-responsive motor symptoms and dopa-resistant non motor symptoms. Some of the non motor symptoms begin during the premotor stage, like constipation, hyposmia or REM-sleep disorders. Dementia, gait disorders and dysarthria occur in later stages of the disease. PD pathology extends well beyond the substantia nigra. It affects autonomic and non autonomic nuclei in the brainstem and in the medulla, the olfactory bulb and the peripheral autonomic nervous system. Alpha-synuclein aggregates, called Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites, are detectable in these structures at early stages. The study of the enteric nervous system (ENS) displays the Lewy pathology in living patients through the digestive biopsies. Minor salivary glands analysis could be a good marker as well, but this needs confirmation. An anatomopathologic PD biomarker would be interesting at different stages of PD: for the positive diagnosis, to follow the progression and to develop neuroprotective treatments.
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PMID:[Autonomic nervous system as a source of biomarkers in Parkinson's disease]. 2228 42