Alterations of Interhemispheric Functional Connectivity and Degree Centrality in Cervical Dystonia: A Resting-State fMRI Study by Wenyan Jiang, Yiwu Lei, Jing Wei, Lu Yang, Shubao Wei, Qiong Yin, Shuguang Luo, Wenbin Guo

“…Background. Cervical dystonia (CD) is a neurological movement disorder characterized by involuntary head and neck movements and postures. …”
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Association Analysis of NALCN Polymorphisms rs1338041 and rs61973742 in a Chinese Population with Isolated Cervical Dystonia by Qingqing Zhou, Jing Yang, Bei Cao, Yongping Chen, Qianqian Wei, Ruwei Ou, Wei Song, Bi Zhao, Ying Wu, Huifang Shang

“…A genome-wide association study (GWAS) demonstrated a possible association between cervical dystonia (CD) and a sodium leak channel, nonselective (NALCN) gene. …”
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Successful Treatment of Hemifacial Myokymia and Dystonia Associated to Linear Scleroderma “En Coup de Sabre” with Repeated Botox Injections by Carlos A. Cañas, Jorge L. Orozco, Andrea Caicedo Paredes, Fabio Bonilla-Abadía

“…It has been reported in association with diverse neurological manifestations like seizures, migraine, neuromyotonia, dystonia and abnormalities in MRI and CT studies as cerebral atrophy, white matter lesions, intraparenchymal calcification, meningeocortical alterations, and skull atrophy. …”
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Successful Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation Treatment in a Case of Generalized Dystonia due to a Novel ANO3 Mutation by Lizl Lasky, Lindsay Bliss, Christos Sidiropoulos

“…Background. Dystonia is a ubiquitous syndrome, with a growing number of genes being continually identified. …”
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Peripheral nerve injury induces dystonia-like movements and dysregulation in the energy metabolism: A multi-omics descriptive study in Thap1+/− mice by Colette Reinhold, Susanne Knorr, Rhonda L. McFleder, Lisa Harder-Rauschenberger, Tom Gräfenhan, Andreas Schlosser, Michael Sendtner, Jens Volkmann, Chi Wang Ip

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Subtle changes in Purkinje cell firing in Purkinje cell-specific Dyt1 ΔGAG knock-in mice by Hong Xing, Pallavi Girdhar, Yuning Liu, Fumiaki Yokoi, David E. Vaillancourt, Yuqing Li

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Altered functional brain connectivity in Dyt1 knock-in mouse models by R. Z. Adury, B. J. Wilkes, P. Girdhar, Y. Li, D. E. Vaillancourt, D. E. Vaillancourt, D. E. Vaillancourt

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Development and application of a clinical core data set for deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease, dystonia or tremor: from data collection to data exchange and data sharing by Anna-Lena Hofmann, Jonas Widmann, Lilly Brandstetter, Udo Selig, Fabian Haug, Julian Haug, Rüdiger Pryss, Jasper Mecklenburg, Andrea Kreichgauer, Philipp Capetian, Christian J. Hartmann, Christian Niklas, Petra Ritter, Patricia Krause, Alfons Schnitzler, Jens Volkmann, Andrea A. Kühn, Peter Heuschmann, Kirsten Haas

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Myoclonus by R. Rimšienė, S. Andruškevičius, R. Mameniškienė

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First line antiepileptics and their hidden risks - a unique case report on diffuse calvarial thickening and twisted tongue linked to the use of phenytoin and sodium valproate by Sankavi Kaarthic, Selvakumar CJ

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Clinical spectrum, treatment and outcomes of the m.10197G>A mutation in MT-ND3: a case report, systematic review and meta-analysis by YuZhi Shi, Bin Chen, SongTao Niu, XinGao Wang, ZaiQiang Zhang

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Network-wide effects of pallidal deep brain stimulation normalised abnormal cerebellar cortical activity in the dystonic animal model by Fabiana Santana Kragelund, Konstantinos Spiliotis, Marco Heerdegen, Tina Sellmann, Henning Bathel, Anika Lüttig, Angelika Richter, Jens Starke, Rüdiger Köhling, Denise Franz

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Deep Brain Stimulation for Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration by Pedro J. Garcia-Ruiz, Joaquin Ayerbe, Lydia Vela Desojo, Cici E. Feliz, Javier del Val Fernandez

“…Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN) is usually associated with dystonia, which is typically severe and progressive over time. …”
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Late Onset Atypical Pantothenate-Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration by Natalie Diaz

“…A 50-year-old woman presented with a history of progressive dysarthria and dysphagia secondary to orolingual dystonia. Initial work-up was normal. There was no family history. …”
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Paroxysmal Nonkinesigenic Dyskinesia with Tremor by Robert Fekete

“…Paroxysmal nonkinesigenic dyskinesia (PNKD) consists of episodes of chorea, athetosis, or dystonia which are not triggered by movement, with complete remission between episodes. …”
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Multimodal Imaging in a Patient with Hemidystonia Responsive to GPi Deep Brain Stimulation by Christos Sidiropoulos, Susan M. Bowyer, Andrew Zillgitt, Peter A. LeWitt, Hassan Bagher-Ebadian, Esmaeil Davoodi-Bojd, Jason M. Schwalb, Richard Rammo, Ellen Air, Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh

“…Background. Dystonia is a syndrome with varied phenomenology but our understanding of its mechanisms is deficient. …”
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Pain in Parkinson's Disease Associated with COMT Gene Polymorphisms by Wanjun Li, Yongqian Chen, Bowen Yin, Limei Zhang

“…PD patients possess a high prevalence of pain. Dystonia pain was the most frequent type of PD-related pain. …”
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Open-Label Fosmetpantotenate, a Phosphopantothenate Replacement Therapy in a Single Patient with Atypical PKAN by Yiolanda-Panayiota Christou, George A. Tanteles, Elena Kkolou, Annita Ormiston, Kostas Konstantopoulos, Maria Beconi, Randall D. Marshall, Horacio Plotkin, Kleopas A. Kleopa

“…Later-onset, more slowly progressive PKAN often presents with neuropsychiatric as well as motor manifestations that include speech difficulties, progressive dystonia, rigidity, and parkinsonism. PKAN is caused by biallelic PANK2 mutations, a gene that encodes pantothenate kinase 2, a regulatory enzyme in coenzyme A biosynthesis. …”
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Anesthesia for Pediatric Deep Brain Stimulation by Joseph Sebeo, Stacie G. Deiner, Ron L. Alterman, Irene P. Osborn

“…We here performed a retrospective chart review of anesthesia records from 28 pediatric cases of patients who underwent DBS implantation for dystonia using combinations of dexmedetomidine and propofol-based anesthesia. …”
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A Treatable Neurometabolic Disorder: Glutaric Aciduria Type 1 by S. Pusti, N. Das, K. Nayek, S. Biswas

“…Affected patients can present with brain atrophy and macrocephaly and with acute dystonia secondary to striatal degeneration in most cases triggered by an intercurrent childhood infection with fever between 6 and 18 months of age. …”
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