When jerks result from brief cessation of ongoing muscular activity, they are called negative myoclonus (NM). Positive myoclonus is generally more common, while NM frequently occurs in hospital settings, as a result of toxicâmetabolic causes.
Aaron Ogden. Aaron Ogden (December 3, 1756 â April 19, 1839) was a United States Senator and the fifth Governor of New Jersey.
In the American Revolutionary War, Ogden was appointed a lieutenant in the 1st New Jersey Regiment; his older brother Matthias Ogden was the lieutenant colonel. Aaron Ogden served in various roles through the war, seeing action and rising to the rank of brigade major.