Forty years ago, CD Marsden proposed that blepharospasm should be considered a form of
adult‐onset focal dystonia. In the present paper, we provide a comprehensive overview of …

Dystonia is characterized by the presence of involuntary muscle contractions that cause
abnormal movements and posture. Adult onset focal dystonia include cervical dystonia …

Dystonia is a neurological disorder characterized by sustained or intermittent muscle
contractions causing abnormal movements and postures, often occurring in absence of any …

Psychiatric disorders are highly prevalent in patients with dystonia and have a profound
effect on quality of life. Patients with dystonia frequently meet criteria for anxiety disorders …

Myoclonus dystonia syndrome is a childhood onset hyperkinetic movement disorder
characterized by predominant alcohol responsive upper body myoclonus and dystonia. A …

The physiological landscape of dystonia has changed considerably over the past 10 years.
Initial ideas that dystonic motor symptoms could be explained by a combination of loss of …

Background Idiopathic focal dystonia is a motor syndrome associated with dysfunction of
basal ganglia circuits. Observations have suggested that many other non-motor symptoms …

Objectives Non‐motor symptoms (NMS) are commonly present along with motor impairment
in patients with cervical dystonia (CD) and have a significant impact on health‐related …

Recent investigations have suggested that stress can modulate motor function. However, the
impact of stress on motor performance of musicians suffering from focal dystonia (FDM) …

Objective (1) To study the neuropsychological and psychopathological profile in myoclonus-
dystonia (MD) patients with and without a mutation in the DYT11 gene.(2) To explore …