The research team of the Neurology Department Movement Disorders Unit at the Virgen del Rocío University Hospital and the Movement Disorders group of the Institute of Biomedicine of Seville - IBiS, in ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new genetic cause of a rare movement disorder after analyzing nearly 3,000 patients ...

Functional tics are dramatic, involuntary movements or sounds usually made in response to a trigger. While similar to other tic disorders, they have different causes and treatment options. Functional ...

Tremor, rigidity, slowness, and difficulty initiating movement are hallmarks of Parkinson’s disease (PD), and all seem to validate the condition’s designation as a movement disorder. But patients also ...

University of Maine researchers have published new findings about how muscles form, why certain muscle diseases develop and ...

Lisa McHugh shared that she was diagnosed with a lesser known condition that affects the brain and nervous system. Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) means that the brain and body have trouble ...

Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is an involuntary movement disorder caused by long-term dopamine-blocking medications. Prolonged use may create chemical imbalances in brain areas controlling movement.

Using zebrafish models, researchers demonstrated that Mylpf is essential for building functional fast-twitch muscles. The ...

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 ...

For most people, swallowing is second nature, but how does it occur, and why do some people have difficulty with it? Researchers at Kyushu University in Japan have started to tackle these questions by ...