Publication date: Available online 4 November 2017
Source:Clinical Neurophysiology
Author(s): Jakob Lorentzen, Maud Pradines, Jean-Michel Gracies, Jens Bo Nielsen
In this review, we will work around two simple definitions of two different entities, which most often co-exist in patients with lesions to central motor pathways: Spasticity is "Enhanced excitability of velocity-dependent responses to phasic stretch at rest",(Gracies, 2005) which will not be the subject of this review. Spastic dystonia is tonic, chronic, involuntary muscle contraction in the absence of any stretch or any voluntary command. Spastic dystonia is a much less well understood entity that will be the subject this review.Denny-Brown (1966) observed involuntary sustained muscle activity in monkeys with lesions restricted to the motor cortices . He further observed that such involuntary muscle activity persisted following abolition of sensory input to the spinal cord and concluded that a central mechanism rather than exaggerated stretch reflex activity had to be involved. He coined the term spastic dystonia to describe this involuntary tonic activity in the context of otherwise exaggerated stretch reflexes. Sustained involuntary muscle activity in the absence of any stretch or any voluntary command contributes to burdensome and disabling body deformities in patients with spastic paresis. Yet, little has been done since Denny-Brown's studies to determine the pathophysiology of this non- stretch or effort related sustained involuntary muscle activity following motor lesions and there is a clear need for research studies in order to improve current therapy.The purpose of the present review is to discuss some of the possible mechanisms that may be involved in the hope that this may guide future research. We discuss the existence of persistent inward currents in spinal motoneurones and present the evidence that the channels involved may be upregulated following central motor lesions. We also discuss a possible contribution from alterations in synaptic inputs from surviving or abnormally branched sensory and descending fibres leading to over-activity and lack of motor coordination. We finally discuss evidence of alterations in motor cortical representational maps and basal ganglia lesions.
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