PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF THE ASCENDING SPINAL TRACTS IN HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED MYELOPATHY (HAM)

被引:20
作者
KAKIGI, R [1 ]
KURODA, Y [1 ]
TAKASHIMA, H [1 ]
ENDO, C [1 ]
NESHIGE, R [1 ]
SHIBASAKI, H [1 ]
机构
[1] KYOTO UNIV,FAC MED,DEPT BRAIN PATHOPHYSIOL,KYOTO 606,JAPAN
来源
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY | 1992年 / 84卷 / 02期
关键词
HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED MYELOPATHY (HAM); SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIALS (SEPS); PAIN SEPS; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; POSTERIOR COLUMN;
D O I
10.1016/0168-5597(92)90015-4
中图分类号
R318 [生物医学工程];
学科分类号
0831 ;
摘要
Physiological functions of the spinothalamic tract (STT) and the posterior column (PC) were studied in 19 Japanese patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (HAM). The former was evaluated by pain-related somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) following CO2 laser stimulation, and the latter by conventional SEPs following electrical stimulation. Conduction velocity of STT and PC was significantly decreased in 9 and 14 patients, respectively, and more than half of them showed no clinical impairment of sensations (subclinical abnormality).
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