Dystonias are neurological disorders that can cause jerky movements, muscle spasms, repetitive actions, and unusual and awkward postures. Dystonia is a type of involuntary movement, and people ...

Dystonia is a neurologic movement disorder characterized by involuntary, sustained, patterned, repetitive muscle contractions, usually of opposing muscles. These contractions, which typically affect ...

Recent discoveries made by researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin may prove vital in improving the treatment of dystonia, a neurological movement disorder. Published in PNAS, their ...

BACKGROUND: Dystonia is a neurological disorder that causes muscles to contract and create uncomfortable, abnormal postures. There are different types of dystonia that affect different muscles in the ...

BACKGROUND: Dystonia is a movement disorder characterized by involuntary contractions and spasms of muscles. These actions force the body into repetitive, often twisting, movements and awkward, ...

Dystonia, a group of diseases that cause a patient's muscles to involuntary contract with movement, has had a relatively limited and ineffective number of treatments in the past. New research shows ...

Dipraglurant, a novel oral small molecule negative allosteric modulator of mGlu5 receptor, on track for Phase 2 clinical testing in the second half of 2013 Geneva, Switzerland, 29 January 2013 - Addex ...

On the way out, in the waiting room filled with patients, he said, “Maybe you should consider DBS.” “DBS” in this case stood for “deep brain stimulation.” I said innocently, “Is that invasive?” He ...

Sheila Williams can't speak, but that doesn't stop her from spreading awareness of Dystonia, the neurological movement disorder that stole her voice. On Saturday, Oct. 15, Williams will lead ...

Dystonia, a group of diseases that cause a patient's muscles to involuntary contract with movement, has had a relatively limited and ineffective number of treatments in the past. New research shows ...