Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome (OMS) is a rare neurological inflammatory disease of paraneoplastic, parainfectious or idiopathic origin. It is manifested by the occurrence of opsoclonus, myoclonus, ...

Keep reading to learn more about eye twitching and other vision issues associated with MS. People with MS sometimes experience myoclonus. Myoclonus is the sudden, involuntary twitching or ...

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 transitions, the body ...

The clinical picture of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) includes various movement disorders such as myoclonus, parkinsonism, hemiballism, and dystonia. We report on a patient with CJD who manifested ...

A hypnic jerk is a sudden involuntary twitch or muscle contraction that occurs as you fall asleep. Also known as sleep starts, these hypnic jerks may jolt the entire body or affect only one part, like ...

the Huntington mutation has been found in middle aged patients presenting with Parkinson's syndrome and cases with generalised myoclonus have been described ...