Patients with psychogenic dystonia have abnormal brain activity patterns that are significantly different from their counterparts with organic dystonia, a new imaging study suggests. Unexpectedly, ...

Sodium oxybate provided temporary relief for laryngeal dystonia patients who were alcohol-responsive. The neurologic disorder causes laryngeal muscle spasms, leading to a chronically strained voice.

To evaluate the importance of dystonia features that can predict concurrent tremor prevalence and tremor irregularity. To cluster dystonia cases based on important data-driven features using a large, ...

New research in mice may finally open the door to solving long-standing mysteries about dystonia -- uncontrollable twisting and stiffening of neck and limb muscles -- and developing new options for ...

When 64-year-old Mesquite resident Charlene Lacenski visits the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health to see her doctor, she might as well be carrying a microphone and standing under a ...

June 17, 2009 — Three-year follow-up from a randomized trial of pallidal stimulation for generalized and segmental dystonia shows benefit is maintained in these patients, and those with generalized ...

Children and adolescents who received deep brain stimulation for generalized dystonia maintained significant symptom relief for up to eight years, according to a study. The results reinforce the ...

NEWARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Revance Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:RVNC), a biotechnology company developing neuromodulators for use in treating aesthetic and therapeutic conditions, today announced ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bachmann-Strauss Dystonia & Parkinson Foundation Scientific Advisory Board has awarded two interrelated grants, totaling $330,000 over two years.

From 2000 to 2005, a neurological disorder gradually twisted Leslie Harrell's body. Her head was bent over to her left shoulder, and the top half of her body was pulled down to her left hip. Dystonia ...