A special fundraising event was held at the Seneca Park Zoo on Saturday to bring awareness to dystonia, a neurological ...

Dystonia is a neurological disorder causing involuntary muscle contractions and abnormal postures. Botulinum toxin (e.g., Botox) is the gold-standard, first-line treatment for focal dystonias, which ...

Chorea-acanthocytosis is a rare genetic disorder of the nervous system. It causes involuntary jerks and twitches in the muscles, known as chorea, and star-shaped red blood cells, known as ...

Muscle cramps are sudden, painful, involuntary muscle contractions caused by motor nerve hyperexcitability. They often affect ...

They're called hypnagogic jerks. Here's why they might be happening. While the brain controls when and how we move, there are times when it seems like the body has a mind of its own. Every once in a ...

Geisinger neurologists now use Botox to reduce spasms and ease pain associated with involuntary muscle movement problems. About 300,000 people in the U.S. suffer from some form of dystonia, a movement ...

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 ...

Dystonia and chorea both describe sudden, involuntary movements associated with neurological disorders. However, people with dystonia display repetitive movements that follow a pattern while chorea ...

Ways to make eating and swallowing easier with tardive dyskinesia include switching medications, dietary changes, working with a speech-language pathologist, and more. Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a ...

Differentiating tardive dyskinesia from other movement disorders can be challenging. "One major criterion is the history of exposure to neuroleptic medications," said Jeff Bronstein, MD, PhD, of the ...

Researchers uncovered new findings about involuntary muscle movements that come with long-term administration of Parkinson's drug levodopa. University of Arizona researchers have revealed new insights ...