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Muscle Spasticity

Known as: Muscle Spasticity [Disease/Finding], Muscular spasticity, muscles spasticity 
A form of muscle hypertonia associated with upper MOTOR NEURON DISEASE. Resistance to passive stretch of a spastic muscle results in minimal initial… 
National Institutes of Health

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Brooks-Wisniewski-Brown SyndromeCEREBRORETINAL MICROANGIOPATHY WITH CALCIFICATIONS AND CYSTS (disorder)Encephalopathy, Spastic Tetraparesis, and HypogonadismKoone Rizzo Elias syndrome

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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Evidence of tolerance to baclofen in treatment of severe spasticity with intrathecal baclofen
Review
2001
Review
2001
L1 cell adhesion molecule signal cascades: targets for ethanol developmental neurotoxicity.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Mapping of a complicated familial spastic paraplegia to locus SPG4 on chromosome 2p.
Autosomal dominant familial spastic paraplegia (AD-FSP) is a degenerative disorder of the central motor system characterised by… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Spasticity: Research Findings and Implications for Intervention
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
The mammalian glycine receptor: biology and structure of a neuronal chloride channel protein
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Editorial: Spasticity: the fable of a neurological demon and the emperor's new therapy.
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Physiotherapy for the Spastic Child: an Evaluation
The effect of physiotherapy was studied in 47 spastic children under six years of age, selected at random for either a treatment… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
A new agent for the control of spasticity
In a preliminary controlled trial, CIBA 34,647-Ba, a gamma aminobutyric acid derivative, was found to be more effective than… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
GABA DERIVATIVE IN SPASTICITY (β‐(4‐Chlorophenyl)‐γ‐Aminobutyric Acid, Ciba 34.647‐Bα)
There is every reason to continue the search for compounds which exert a beneficial effect on spasticity, both because improved… 
Review
1951
Review
1951
Observations on the symptomatology and pathogenesis of hepatic coma.
1. The literature describing the neurological manifestations of hepatic coma is reviewed. 2. The neurological signs observed in… 
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