Search Results for: movement disorders

June 20, 2019

Neuropathology and pathogenesis of extrapyramidal movement disorders: a critical update-I. Hypokinetic-rigid movement disorders.

Publication date: Jun 18, 2019 Extrapyramidal movement disorders include hypokinetic rigid and hyperkinetic or mixed forms, most of them originating from dysfunction of the basal ganglia (BG) and their information ... Read more

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019

Roles of the M acetylcholine receptor in the basal ganglia and the treatment of movement disorders.

Parkinson's Disease Literature

Publication date: Jun 18, 2019 Acetylcholine (ACh) released from cholinergic interneurons acting through nicotinic and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) in the striatum have been thought to be central for the ... Read more

June 17, 2019June 17, 2019

Paraneoplastic movement disorders: phenomenology, diagnosis, and treatment.

Parkinson's Disease Literature

Publication date: Jun 12, 2019 Paraneoplastic syndromes include, by definition, any symptomatic and non-metastatic condition associated with a neoplasm. Paraneoplastic movement disorders are a heterogeneous group of syndromes encompassing both ... Read more

April 16, 2019April 16, 2019

New clues to abnormal brain signals in movement disorders

Huntington's Disease News

Publication date: Apr 16, 2019 Sensory signals in the brain’s cerebral cortex have a different pattern of connections between nerve cells and different effects on behavior than motor signals do, ... Read more

December 21, 2018December 21, 2018

Dr. Elizabeth Slow: Genetics in movement disorders including Parkinson’s and dystonia (Nov 14 2018)

Parkinson's Disease Media

Publication date: Dec 20, 2018 In this installment of the Speaker Series, renowned neurologist Dr. Elizabeth Slow gave a fascinating talk about the role of genetics in movement disorders including ... Read more

November 1, 2018November 1, 2018

Thinking Outside the Box (and Arrow): Current Themes in Striatal Dysfunction in Movement Disorders.

Huntington's Disease Literature

Publication date: Oct 31, 2018 The basal ganglia are an intricately connected assembly of subcortical nuclei, forming the core of an adaptive network connecting cortical and thalamic circuits. For nearly ... Read more

November 1, 2018November 1, 2018

The efficacy and safety of riluzole for neurodegenerative movement disorders: a systematic review with meta-analysis.

Huntington's Disease Literature

Publication date: Nov 01, 2018 Neurodegenerative movement disorders mainly include Parkinson’s disease, atypical parkinsonisms, Huntington disease, and hereditary ataxia. Riluzole is the only drug approved by the US Food and ... Read more

May 3, 2018May 3, 2018

Salk researchers clarify relationship of two neuron types to psychiatric and movement disorders

Huntington's Disease News

Publication date: May 03, 2018 If 95 percent of your neighbors are chatty and outgoing, you probably know more about them than the 5 percent who are reclusive and shy. ... Read more

March 23, 2018

Movement disorders in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica: A clinical marker of neurological disability.

Multiple Sclerosis Literature

Publication date: Mar 03, 2018 Movement disorders are not rare in demyelinating diseases but there are few studies comparing their frequency between multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder. Our ... Read more

February 11, 2018February 11, 2018

Defining spasticity: a new approach considering current movement disorders terminology and botulinum toxin therapy.

Multiple Sclerosis Literature

Publication date: Feb 08, 2018 Spasticity is a symptom occurring in many neurological conditions including stroke, multiple sclerosis, hypoxic brain damage, traumatic brain injury, tumours and heredodegenerative diseases. It affects ... Read more