Dopa-Responsive Dystonia: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment Options
Dopa-Responsive Dystonia or, 'DRD,' is a hereditary form of dystonia. It is characterized by progressive difficulty with walking. DRD symptoms might be similar to those of early-onset generalized dystonia. (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - May 1, 2015 Category: Disability Tags: Mobility Impairments Source Type: news
Dopa-Responsive Dystonia: Symptoms, Causes, Treatments
Information regarding Dopamine-responsive dystonia (DRD), a genetic movement disorder which usually manifests during early childhood (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - May 1, 2015 Category: Disability Tags: Mobility Impairments Source Type: news
Gene editing technique could prevent inherited diseases
ConclusionThis early research has developed a new technique to reduce the amount of mutation-carrying DNA within mitochondria. The hope is that this technique might be used in the eggs of women carrying disease-causing mitochondrial mutations.The government has recently given the go ahead for a technique that allows a woman who carries such a disease from passing it on to her child – making the UK the first country to do so. This technique has raised some ethical and safety concerns, as it places the woman’s chromosomes into a donor egg with healthy mitochondria. This means that once this egg is fertilised it contains...
Source: NHS News Feed - April 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics/stem cells Pregnancy/child Source Type: news
Dystonia and Dystonic Syndromes
(Source: Springer Medicine titles)
Source: Springer Medicine titles - April 15, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Neurology Source Type: news
Novel Drug for Cramping Shows Promise in Early Trial
(MedPage Today) -- Could benefit patients with MS spasticity and cervical dystonia. (Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics - February 18, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: news
UCLA researchers identify molecular ‘switch’ that causes Huntington’s disease–like symptoms in mice
This study makes clear that a major neuroprotective function of N17 is to prevent the mutant protein from entering the nucleus and eliciting more severe toxicities,” Yang said, adding that the result is consistent with findings from several studies of other, related disorders in which mutant proteins with expanded glutamine in the nucleus are key for jump-starting a disease.
The researchers also found that the mice in the study experienced inflammation in the brain somewhat similar to that found in people with Huntington’s.
“Neuroinflammation is emerging as a potentially shared mechanism in multiple neurodegenerative...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - February 13, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Xeomin most cost effective for cervical dystonia
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - February 1, 2015 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Hereditary Dystonia and ParkinsonismHereditary Dystonia and Parkinsonism
Are the boundaries between dystonia and parkinsonism less well defined than previously thought? A recent study examines their relationship in patients with GCH1 mutations. Brain (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 27, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Journal Article Source Type: news
“I’m Just In the Band”
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Instrumental music, either as an avocation or profession, provides great pleasure for those performing and listening. Unfortunately it can also cause health problems. Many of the problems are musculoskeletal or neurological in etiology due to overuse and the musician may experience pain. Prelude to pain can include stiffness or tingling or other skin sensations. Musicians may experience weakness, loss of function, control (accuracy) and ability (speed) as well as problems with tone.
“The most prevent problems involve overuse of muscles resulting from repetitive movements of playing, often in combination ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 17, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Dystonia - Possible Side Effect of Antipsychoti...
Dystonia - a movement disorder that causes abnormal movements or postures - can be a side effect of certain psychiatric medications. More... (Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder)
Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder - October 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: bipolar.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: news
Pallidal Neurostimulation Beneficial in Cervical DystoniaPallidal Neurostimulation Beneficial in Cervical Dystonia
The first sham-controlled study finds benefits of bilateral pallidal neurostimulation in patients with medication-refractory cervical dystonia. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - October 2, 2014 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Battered woman syndrome: an unusual presentation of pseudodystonia - Chandra SR, Issac TG.
We report a rare case ... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 28, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
3-D computer model may help refine target for deep brain stimulation therapy for dystonia
Using a complex set of data from records and imaging scans of patients who have undergone successful DBS implantation, researchers have created 3-D, computerized models that map the brain region involved in dystonia. The models identify an anatomical target for further study and provide information for neurologists and neurosurgeons to consider when planning surgery and making device programming decisions. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 25, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Woman runs BACKWARDS to overcome focal dystonia and keep exercising
Laura Cattivera, 46, from California, has a condition called focal dystonia which means she experiences involuntary spasms in her leg if she runs normally. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 20, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
