The reason that fainting goats faint is that they have a hereditary genetic disorder called myotonia congenita. From Wordnik.com. [Merced Sun-Star: front] Reference
Myotonic dystrophy types 1 and 2 (DM1 and DM2) are forms of muscular dystrophy that share similar clinical and molecular manifestations, such as myotonia, muscle weakness, cardiac anomalies, cataracts, and the presence of defined RNA-containing foci in muscle nuclei. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America Myotonic dystrophy types 1 and 2 (DM1 and DM2) are forms of muscular dystrophy that share similar clinical and molecular manifestations, such as myotonia, muscle weakness, cardiac anomalies, cataracts, and the presence of defined RNA-containing foci in muscle nuclei. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The names refer specifically to myotonia congenita, a condition in which the muscle cells experience prolonged contraction when the goat is startled. From Wordnik.com. [After killer sheep and ripped jeans...] Reference
This is unlikely to be caused by muscular fatigue or myotonia for the following reasons. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Mbnl1 −/− mice display skeletal myotonia, muscle weakness, cataracts and possibly heart disease. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
He had been labeled with a number of interesting diagnoses, such as chorea, epilepsy, myotonia, hysteria, and neurasthenia. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Myotonic dystrophy involves difficulty relaxing muscles (myotonia) and, as in other muscular dystrophies, progressive muscle weakness and wasting. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Myotonic dystrophy involves difficulty-relaxing muscles (myotonia) and, as in other muscular dystrophies, progressive muscle weakness and wasting. From Wordnik.com. [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference
DNA is repeated on either chromosome 19 or chromosome 3, and results in muscles getting "locked" in the tensed state (myotonia) for long periods of time. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
Second, myotonia exhibits a "practice effect" meaning that the failure of muscle relaxation after contraction decreases with even a short warm-up period of activity. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Myotonic dystrophy (DM1) is a multi-system disorder characterized by muscle weakness, skeletal myotonia, cardiac conduction defects, ocular cataracts and cognitive and behavioral abnormalities. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
It affects approximately 1: 8000 people worldwide and can cause not only muscle weakness, atrophy and myotonia, but also problems in the heart, brain, GI tract as well as endocrine, skeletal and respiratory systems. From Wordnik.com. [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference
Despite the different expansions within two apparently unrelated genes, both diseases share many common clinical manifestations, including myotonia, muscle weakness, cataract development, insulin resistance, and cardiac conduction defects. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
myotonia - which tends to be seen in the hands. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
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