BridgeBio Pharma Inc.’s drug to treat a devastating muscle-wasting disorder met its goal in a late-stage trial, paving the ...

A University of Missouri-led discovery could pave the way for improved diagnosis and treatment of unexplained movement ...

An international research team, led by Shinghua Ding at the University of Missouri, has identified a previously unknown ...

Q: My cousin was diagnosed with dystonia, what is this? A: Dystonia is a disorder of involuntary muscle contractions that may cause repetitive and/or abnormal movement or postures, for example ...

A special fundraising event was held at the Seneca Park Zoo on Saturday to bring awareness to dystonia, a neurological ...

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 ...

Scientists say they discovered that in people with the neurodegenerative disease, inflammatory immune cells mistakenly target ...

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 ...

Skeletal muscle channelopathies and myotonic disorders constitute a heterogeneous group of neuromuscular conditions caused by mutations that impair the function of ion channels, including sodium and ...

Athetosis refers to the slow, involuntary, and writhing movements of the limbs, face, neck, tongue, and other muscle groups. The fingers are also affected, with their flexing happening separately and ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) 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 ...