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Articles tagged "Dystonia: Pathophysiology"

  • 2017 International Congress

    A Pilot Multiparametric MEG Study of coherence in generalized and cervical dystonia

    A. Mahajan, S. Bowyer, A. Zillgitt, P. LeWitt, P. Kaminski, C. Sidiropoulos (Detroit, MI, USA)

    Objective: To explore functional connectivity at network level with MEG, pre and post-administration of medications, in generalized and cervical dystonia. Background: The underlying mechanisms of…
  • 2017 International Congress

    Motor stress elicits dystonia-like movements in a pharmacological mouse model for Rapid-Onset Dystonia-Parkinsonism (DYT12)

    L. Rauschenberger, J. Volkmann, C.W. Ip (Wuerzburg, Germany)

    Objective: To study if a mild stressful trigger by motor activity leads to development of dystonia-like movements in a pharmacological mouse model for DYT12. Background:…
  • 2017 International Congress

    Exploring the neurophysiology of cervical dystonia using TMS-EEG

    S. Singh, H. Cho, N. Thirugnanasambandam, H. Shitara, O. Panyakaew, M. Hallett (Bethesda, MD, USA)

    Objective: To probe cortical excitability and inhibition in primary motor cortex and supplementary motor area (SMA) in cervical dystonia Background: Cervical Dystonia (CD) is characterized…
  • 2017 International Congress

    Brainstem connection of Writer’s cramp: Electrophysiological correlates

    S. Choudhury, P. Chatterjee, R. Singh, S. Shubham, S. Trivedi, M. Baker, S. Baker, H. Kumar (Kolkata, India)

    Objective: In this study, we explored the involvement of brainstem in Writer’s cramp (WC) patients through pre-pulse inhibition of blink reflex and Start-React paradigm.  Background:…
  • 2017 International Congress

    Dystonia-like phenotype in a DYT1 rat model after peripheral trauma

    S. Knorr, K. Grundmann-Hauser, J. Volkmann, C.W. Ip (Wuerzburg, Germany)

    Objective: Establishment and characterization of a DYT1 rat model with dystonia-like movements after sciatic nerve crush injury. Background: Penetrance of DYT1 dystonia is markedly reduced…
  • 2017 International Congress

    A kinematic analysis of finger tapping in dystonia

    R. Newby, S. Muhamed, S. Smith, J. Alty, S. Jamieson, P. Kempster (Melbourne, Australia)

    Objective: To perform a computerised analysis of finger tapping in patients with dystonia and healthy controls in order to develop a better understanding of the…
  • 2017 International Congress

    Head turning onset and velocity in response to a peripheral visual stimulus in cervical dystonia patients, their unaffected relatives with and without abnormal temporal discrimination and healthy controls.

    I. Beiser, B. Quinlivan, E. McGovern, L. Williams, S. Narasimham, O. Killian, R. Beck, S. O'Riordan, J. Butler, R. Reilly, M. Hutchinson (Dublin 4, Ireland)

    Objective: We postulate that cephalomotor responses (onset of head turning and speed of head turning) to the appearance of a novel peripheral visual stimulus will…
  • 2017 International Congress

    Brain volume changes in relation to intracortical inhibition and clinical benefit of pallidal stimulation in dystonia: a combined VBM and TMS study.

    R. Jech, A. Fečíková, V. Čejka, V. Čapek, D. Šťastná, F. Růžička, D. Urgošík, E. Růžička (Prague, Czech Republic)

    Objective: To explore the relationship between brain morphology, clinical effects of bilateral pallidal stimulation (GPi DBS) and intracortical inhibition of the motor cortex in patients…
  • 2017 International Congress

    A Comparison of Temporal Discrimination Thresholds in Musicians with and without Dystonia

    O. Killian, K. Simonyan, E. McGovern, B. Quinlivan, S. Narasimham, I. Beiser, J. Butler, R. Beck, S. O'Riordan, M. Hutchinson, R. Reilly (Dublin, Ireland)

    Objective: To compare the Temporal Discrimination Thresholds (TDT) of Musician’s Dystonia (MD) patients with those of healthy control musicians. Background: The TDT is a measure…
  • 2017 International Congress

    Impaired Pain Processing in Functional Dystonia

    F. Morgante, A. Matinella, E. Andrenelli, C. Allegra, C. Terranova, P. Girlanda, M. Tinazzi (Messina, Italy)

    Objective: Aim of the present study was to assess the sensory-discriminative and cognitive-emotional aspects of pain in patients with functional and idiopathic dystonia respectively assessing…
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