Bilateral pallidal deep-brain neurostimulation (DBS) has been shown to improve motor symptoms and overall quality of life in patients with severe primary generalized dystonia, but the long-term ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two patients with primary generalized dystonia successfully treated with bilateral pallidal deep brain stimulation (DBS) continued to experience relief of symptoms for at least 2 months after active ...

The symptoms of dystonia vary depending on which form of the condition a person has and how severe it is. If the dystonia is genetic or the cause is unknown, it is termed primary dystonia, while ...

Dystonias are neurological disorders that can cause jerky movements, muscle spasms, repetitive actions, and unusual and awkward postures. Dystonia is a type of involuntary movement, and people ...

In 2003, Medtronic first received a humanitarian green light from the FDA to offer its deep brain stimulation implants to ...

November 8, 2006— Researchers report that pallidal deep-brain stimulation proved more effective than sham-stimulation control in a trial of patients with primary generalized or segmental dystonia. In ...

Recent discoveries made by researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin may prove vital in improving the treatment of dystonia, a neurological movement disorder. Published in PNAS*, their ...

Tardive dyskinesia and dystonia are both neurological disorders that can affect your muscles and cause involuntary muscle contractions. Tardive dyskinesia, which is usually a side effect of some ...

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

The medtech giant said the approval marks a shift from humanitarian device exemption (HDE) status to full effectiveness ...