Social Cognition and Habituation in Cervical Dystonia
Objective: To assess social cognition in people with cervical dystonia (CD). Background: Anxiety and depression are common and disabling comorbidities in CD. Difficulties in processing…Microstructural Changes in Basal Ganglia and Cerebellar Networks in Patients with Idiopathic Blepharospasm
Objective: In this study, we aimed to assess structural connectivity alterations in the basal ganglia, thalamus and cerebellum in patients with idiopathic blepharospasm (BS) compared…Botulinum toxin for the management of dystonic scoliosis in children
Objective: To report the use of botulinum toxin (BoNT) for the treatment of dystonic scoliosis in children with cerebral palsy. Background: Children with CP and…A case of severe blepharospasm after psoralen and ultraviolet A treatment
Objective: Report a case of blepharospasm secondary to PUVA therapy Background: Blepharospasm is a focal dystonia that can present as spasms of the eyelids, involuntary…Botulinum toxin content and activity: Potential implications for duration of efficacy in patients with cervical dystonia
Objective: To quantify the amount of botulinum neurotoxin-A (BoNT-A) protein in each vial of commercial BoNT-A product and compare light chain activity of 150 kDa…Features of neural activity of globus pallidus in a patient with cervical dystonia and putaminal stroke: case study
Objective: To describe single unit neural activity in globus pallidus (GP) of cervical dystonia (CD) patient with putaminal stroke and compare it with CD patients…Role of pallidotomy in secondary dystonia in pediatric patients
Objective: Our study aimed to assess the role of pallidotomy in pediatric patients with secondary dystonia. Background: The response of primary dystonia to pallidal surgery…Postural Abnormalities in Parkinson’s Disease: an Epidemiological and Clinical Multicenter Study
Objective: To evaluate the overall prevalence of postural abnormalities (PA) in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and to assess their association with demographic and clinical…Bilateral Globus Pallidum interna stimulation for Blepharospasm
Objective: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the Globus Pallidus Interna (GPi) is performed for treatment of medically intractable dystonia, including primary generalized dystonia, myoclonic dystonia,…Myoclonus-Dystonia Syndrome Due to a Novel Mutation in the Epsilon-Sarcoglycan (SGCE) Gene
Objective: To present a case report of a patient with myoclonus-dystonia in whom a mutation in the epsilon-sarcoglycan gene which has not been previously described,…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.