June 25, 2008 (Chicago, Illinois) — Twenty-six patients with genetically confirmed DYT1 dystonia had improvement in their motor signs with pallidal deep-brain stimulation (DBS) for at least 3 years ...

An estimated 300,000 people in North America are afflicted with dystonia, a disorder characterized by a progressive loss of motor control. Patients with generalized dystonia grapple with involuntary ...

February 12, 2008 — Researchers have described a novel, autosomal recessive young-onset dystonia parkinsonism syndrome in 2 Brazilian families, as well as the genetic mutation that appears to underlie ...

Two patients freed from severe to disabling effects of dystonia through deep brain stimulation therapy continued to have symptom relief for months after their devices accidentally were fully or partly ...

A movement-disorder neurologist, Dr. Steven Frucht sees patients with diseases ranging from Parkinson’s and dystonia to tremor and involuntary movement disorders. He counsels 20 to 30 patients with ...

Children and adolescents who received deep brain stimulation for generalized dystonia maintained significant symptom relief for up to eight years, according to a study. The results reinforce the ...

One way to classify the dystonias is according to the parts of the body they affect: Generalized dystonia affects most or all of the body. Focal dystonia is localized to a specific part of the body.

Addex Therapeutics / Addex Dipraglurant Normalizes Striatal Cholinergic Dysfunction in a Validated Preclinical Model of Primary Generalized Torsion Dystonia 1 (DYT1). Processed and transmitted by ...

Geneva, Switzerland, 4 September 2013 - Addex Therapeutics (ADXN.SW), a leading company pioneering allosteric modulation-based drug discovery and development announced today additional positive ...

Two patients freed from severe to disabling effects of dystonia through deep brain stimulation therapy continued to have symptom relief for months after their devices accidentally were fully or partly ...