When we think of movement disorders, the tremors associated with Parkinson’s disease are probably what first spring to mind. However, there are other equally debilitating and much less well-known ...

Jonathan Allen first picked up the trombone in the fourth grade. After playing for years, he eventually earned a doctorate in musical arts and a teaching position at the University of Iowa. Then, one ...

A recent grant award in the Department of Neurology serves to help investigators analyze how a group of brain cells may be responsible for changes to neural circuits that lead to the movement disorder ...

MICKLETON, N.J. (WPVI) -- Nearly everyone gets a muscle cramp from time to time. When muscle contractions won't stop and can't be controlled, that's called dystonia. A South Jersey man is now sharing ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Dystonic cerebral palsy presents several challenges to successful symptom management. A pilot study of ...

Oct. 14 (UPI) --A new award will help early career researchers who study dystonia, the Michael J. Fox Foundation announced Tuesday. The new Bachmann-Strauss Early Career Award is a two-year, $150,000 ...

Sept. 15, 2004 -- Botulinum toxin type A (BoNT-A) injections reduce voice tremor and speech disability in the absence of spasmodic dysphonia or head, mouth, jaw, or facial tremor, according to the ...

Spasmodic dysphonia (or laryngeal dystonia) is a rare voice disorder that is thought to happen when your brain sends abnormal signals to your vocal folds. It only affects about 1 in 100,000 people.

For most people, retirement is a time to rest and enjoy the quiet rewards of a life well lived. For Naunihal Singh, it became a daily battle with pain.