Electrophysiologic observations in the classical form of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease

Neurology. 1976 Nov;26(11):1042-5. doi: 10.1212/wnl.26.11.1042.

Abstract

In a 20-year-old patient with the classic form of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, electroencephalograms during wakefulness were moderately diffusely abnormal, and an overnight polygraphic sleep recording showed distorted nonrapid eye movement sleep patterns without vertex sharp waves, K-complexes, spindles, or positive occipital sharp transients. Rapid eye movement sleep could be identified. Cerebral responses evoked by light flashes, clicks, and electric stimulation of the median nerves were abnormal.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Auditory Perception / physiology
  • Diffuse Cerebral Sclerosis of Schilder / physiopathology*
  • Electroencephalography*
  • Evoked Potentials
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Median Nerve / physiopathology
  • Neural Conduction
  • Sleep Stages / physiology
  • Visual Perception / physiology