Stereotypic movement disorder is a motor disorder that develops in childhood, typically before grade school, and involves repetitive, purposeless movement. Examples of stereotypic movements include ...

For decades, neurology treated the brain like a black box, nudging it with drugs and hoping symptoms would ease. Now ...

Discover the cutting-edge movement disorders research at BIDMC in Boston, MA, including Parkinson's, Huntington's, dystonia, PSP and MSA.

Let us begin by understanding what Dystonia and Parkinson's disease are. Dystonia is a movement disorder. It causes the muscles to contract, and can cause twisting motions or other movements that ...

Neurocrine Biosciences said on Monday its drug failed to meet the main goal in a late-stage clinical trial in patients with a type of disorder that disrupts the brain's ability to control muscles.

Scientists at Scripps Research have clarified the workings of a mysterious protein called Gαo, which is one of the most abundant proteins in the brain and, when mutated, causes severe movement ...

Using a common attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication appears to help manage the symptoms of a rare and currently difficult to treat genetic movement disorder primarily found in ...

‌Chorea is a movement disorder that stems from something wrong with the basal ganglia nerve structure deep in your brain. It causes involuntary movements of the hands, feet, and face. These movements ...

A 59-year-old woman with a background of HIV living with an uncontrollable movement disorder presented to Eoghan Donlon, MB, BCh BAO, MRCPI, of the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in Dublin, ...

Just days after an upbeat R&D event, Neurocrine Biosciences has found itself having to report a phase 3 failure. | Neurocrine’s Ingrezza, approved to treat certain uncontrolled movements, failed to ...

Athetosis and chorea are two types of involuntary movements that can occur in children and adults with neurological conditions, such as cerebral palsy. The movements have different features, and the ...

Stereotypic movement disorder is a motor disorder that develops in childhood, typically before grade school, and involves repetitive, purposeless movement. Examples of stereotypic movements include ...