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Flanker Task Performance in Isolated Dystonia (Blepharospasm): A Focus on Sequential Effects
Brain Sciences, 2020 Isolated dystonia manifests with involuntary muscle hyperactivity, but the extent of cognitive impairment remains controversial. We examined the executive functions in blepharospasm while accounting for motor symptom-related distractions as a factor ...
Max Pekrul +4 more
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Personality and psychopathological profile of patients and botulinum therapy for blepharospasm
Consilium Medicum, 2023 Background. Blepharospasm (BS) includes non-motor symptoms manifested by psychopathological disorders. The impact of these disorders on patients' quality of life and therapy of motor symptoms with botulinum toxin is poorly understood. Aim.
Violetta A. Tolmacheva +3 more
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The Pain in Dystonia Scale (PIDS)—Validation in Craniofacial and Upper Limb Dystonia
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Pain is one of the most disabling non‐motor symptoms in adult‐onset isolated dystonia (AOID). The Pain in Dystonia Scale (PIDS) was developed and validated in cervical dystonia. Its applicability to other focal subtypes remains unknown.
Veronica Bruno +24 more
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Isolated focal dystonia phenotypes are associated with distinct patterns of altered microstructure
NeuroImage: Clinical, 2018 Objective: Isolated adult-onset focal dystonia is considered a network disorder with disturbances to the motor basal ganglia and cerebellar circuits playing a pathophysiological role, but why specific body regions become affected remains unknown.
Brian D. Berman +4 more
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The Hidden Burden of Hemifacial Spasm: A Systematic Review of Non‐Motor Symptoms
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.Abstract Background Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a chronic neurological disorder characterized by involuntary contractions of facial muscles. Traditionally regarded as a motor condition, HFS encompasses a spectrum of non‐motor symptoms that are often overlooked but significantly affect patients’ quality of life.
Miriam Carvalho Soares +2 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Objective: Several networks in human brain are involved in the development of blepharospasm. However, the underlying mechanisms for this disease are poorly understood. A voxel-mirrored homotopic connectivity (VMHC) method was used to quantify the changes
Jing Wei +11 more
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Impaired Topographic Organization in Patients With Idiopathic Blepharospasm
Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 Background: Idiopathic blepharospasm (BSP) is a common adult-onset focal dystonia. Neuroimaging technology can be used to visualize functional and microstructural changes of the whole brain.Method: We used resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) and graph
Yanbing Hou +6 more
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Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.Abstract Background Non‐motor symptoms, especially autonomic dysfunction, are major contributors to disability and decreased quality of life in Parkinson's disease (PD). Despite being common and having a wide range of clinical facets, exocrine gland dysfunction is still not well recognized and managed.
Renato P. Munhoz +2 more
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Orbicularis oculi myectomy as a treatment for blepharospasm in a case of Schwartz Jampel syndrome
Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research, 2016 Purpose: To describe a patient with Schwartz Jampel vel Aberfeld syndrome (SJS) who underwent orbicularis oculi myectomy as a treatment for blepharospasm.
Bahram Eshraghi +3 more
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Use of Botulinum Neurotoxin in Parkinson’s Disease: A Critical Appraisal
Toxins, 2021 For well over 30 years, the botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) has been used for a large number of indications, some of which however have not been licensed. Admittedly, approval varies in many countries and this permits a large spectrum for evaluation.
Wolfgang H. Jost
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