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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, Lingyu Zhang, Qianqian Wei, Ruwei Ou, Jing Yang, Qiyong Gong, Huifang Shang   +6 more
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Acute and Chronic Local Field Potential Recordings in Dystonia—A Systematic Review

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Dystonia is a hyperkinetic movement disorder increasingly conceptualized as a disorder of distributed network dysfunction involving the basal ganglia, cortex and cerebellum. Local field potentials (LFPs) recorded from deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrodes provide a unique opportunity to characterize the electrophysiological signatures ...
Jack Horan, Eoghan Donlon, Aoibheann Gill, Rosalyn Moran, Conor Fearon, Richard A. Walsh, Catherine Moran   +6 more
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Positive Correlation between Severity of Blepharospasm and Thalamic Glucose Metabolism

Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 2011
A 43-year-old woman with drug-related blepharospasm was followed up for 22 months. She had undergone etizolam treatment for 19 years for indefinite complaints.
Hideki Murai, Yukihisa Suzuki, Motohiro Kiyosawa, Masato Wakakura, Manabu Mochizuki, Kiichi Ishiwata, Kenji Ishii   +6 more
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Voice and Speech in Deep Brain Stimulation in Dystonia: A Retrospective Study, Systematic Review, and Meta‐Analysis

Movement Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Relatively little is known about voice and speech abnormalities and their changes after deep brain stimulation (DBS) in patients with dystonia. Objective The aim was to determine the incidence of speech abnormalities, including laryngeal dystonia, among patients with dystonia receiving DBS and to characterize their response to this ...
Ian O. Bledsoe, Nutan Sharma, Marta San Luciano, Jill L. Ostrem, Nicole E. Buie, Gaia Arno, Mikayla Day, Kristina Simonyan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pseudo‐Dystonic Gait in a Preschool Child: Foot Posturing Contralateral to a Cuboid Fracture

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Allison J. Chirigos, Donald L. Gilbert, Barbara E. Hallinan, Jes Marchbank, Alberto J. Espay   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Gap Analysis of Deep Brain Stimulation for Childhood‐Onset Movement Disorders

Movement Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an established and increasingly utilized therapy for childhood‐onset movement disorders. However, pediatric DBS poses unique challenges that are not adequately addressed by adult‐derived paradigms. Objective To identify key gaps in the current use of DBS in childhood‐onset movement disorders and to ...
Daniela Munoz‐Chesta, Carolina Gorodetsky, Todd M. Herrington, Angela L. Hewitt, Daniel E. Lumsden, Jennifer O'Malley, Terence Sanger   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hemifacial spasm in a patient with basilar artery dolichoectasia caused by uncontrolled hypertension [PDF]

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2016
A 47-year-old male presented with a 2-year history of hemifacial spasm. Magnetic resonance imaging performed showed his tortuous basilar artery with nerve compression, and the patient was treated conservatively with botulinum toxin injections with ...
Gordon S. Crabtree, David Gish, David Goldberg   +2 more
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Oral non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs do not delay corneal healing in dogs with spontaneous chronic corneal epithelial defects: A retrospective cohort of 186 ulcers

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Oral non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used for analgesia in dogs with spontaneous chronic corneal epithelial defects (SCCEDs). Topical NSAIDs can delay epithelialisation and promote stromal melting, but the safety of systemic NSAIDs in SCCEDs is unknown.
Kaitlyn Scheunemann, Rachel Allbaugh, Lionel Sebbag   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Twelve cases of drug-induced blepharospasm improved within 2 months of psychotropic cessation

Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety, 2011
Yuko Emoto1, Hirofumi Emoto2, Eriko Oishi1, Syunichi Hikita1, Masato Wakakura11Division of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Inouye Eye Hospital, Tokyo; 2Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Graduate School of Medicine,
Emoto Y, Emoto H, Oishi E, Hikita S, Wakakura M   +4 more
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Limbal cystotomy by fine needle aspiration of a translucent iris cyst in a horse

Equine Veterinary Education, EarlyView.
Summary A 4‐year‐old Cremello crossbred mare was referred to the Equine Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Utrecht University for a translucent iris cyst from the dorsal pupillary margin corpora nigra in the right eye. Although noninvasive diode laser treatment is the preferred method of pigmented cyst ablation, two attempts did not result in disruption ...
A. L. Hendrikx, S. Veraa, J. P. A. M. van Loon, H. Hermans, I. J. M. Slenter, E. M. S. Visser   +5 more
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