ASHOK PANAGARIYA

About:

• Ashok Panagariya (1950 – 2021) was an Indian neurologist known for his research on nerve cells and neuromyotonia.
  
  
• He was a Vice Chancellor of Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur and a member of the Planning Board of the Government of Rajasthan.
  
  

Neuromyotonia (NMT)

• Neuromyotonia (NMT) is a form of peripheral nerve hyperexcitability that causes spontaneous muscular activity resulting from repetitive motor unit action potentials of peripheral origin.
  
  
• NMT along with Morvan's syndrome are the most severe types in the Peripheral Nerve Hyperexciteability spectrum.