Are you familiar with the term "earworm"? It is a phenomenon where music or words loop in your head automatically and won't ...

Many neurological conditions that involve involuntary muscle contractions have long been considered as diseases of the brain. However, both the brain and the spinal cord contain many nerve cells ...

Tardive dyskinesia and dystonia are movement disorders with different causes and onset of symptoms. Treatment for both disorders may involve anticholinergic and benzodiazepine drugs. It's possible to ...

Michael Richardson first experienced symptoms of dystonia, a movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions and spasms, when he was 13. "When I walked, I would put the toe of my ...

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 ...

A 23-year-old woman with generalized dystonia dominated by cervical involvement carried a de novo TCF20 loss-of-function ...

About a year after I started playing the cello, while repeatedly practicing to play with style, I found myself on the verge ...

World championships silver medalist and two-time Olympian Kara Goucher announced today that she has been diagnosed with runner's dystonia. "For the past year I've been quietly battling for my health," ...

Two patients with primary generalized dystonia successfully treated with bilateral pallidal deep brain stimulation (DBS) continued to experience relief of symptoms for at least 2 months after active ...

Dystonia, a word most people don’t have a clue about what it is or means. Ask five different people, you get five different answers. Ive heard “a small country in Europe”, “An ancient language”, “a ...

Newswise — MONTREAL June 9, 2015 – Children and adolescents who received deep brain stimulation for generalized dystonia maintained significant symptom relief for up to eight years, according to a ...