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Zhang S, Chen D, Li Y, Qin S, Wu Y. Adult-onset focal hand dystonia in aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2024; 127:107093. [PMID: 39159568 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2024.107093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2024] [Revised: 07/28/2024] [Accepted: 08/06/2024] [Indexed: 08/21/2024]
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- Shaoyi Zhang
- Department of Neurology & Institute of Neurology, Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Neurology, Chenzhou First People's Hospital, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Hospital Affiliated to Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Neurology & Institute of Neurology, Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
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Berlot R, Rothwell JC, Bhatia KP, Kojović M. Variability of Movement Disorders: The Influence of Sensation, Action, Cognition, and Emotions. Mov Disord 2020; 36:581-593. [PMID: 33332680 DOI: 10.1002/mds.28415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Revised: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Patients with movement disorders experience fluctuations unrelated to disease progression or treatment. Extrinsic factors that contribute to the variable expression of movement disorders are environment related. They influence the expression of movement disorders through sensory-motor interactions and include somatosensory, visual, and auditory stimuli. Examples of somatosensory effects are stimulus sensitivity of myoclonus on touch and sensory amelioration in dystonia but also some less-appreciated effects on parkinsonian tremor and gait. Changes in visual input may affect practically all types of movement disorders, either by loss of its compensatory role or by disease-related alterations in the pathways subserving visuomotor integration. The interaction between auditory input and motor function is reflected in simple protective reflexes and in complex behaviors such as singing or dancing. Various expressions range from the effect of music on parkinsonian bradykinesia to tics. Changes in body position affect muscle tone and may result in marked fluctuations of rigidity or may affect dystonic manifestations. Factors intrinsic to the patient are related to their voluntary activity and cognitive, motivational, and emotional states. Depending on the situation or disease, they may improve or worsen movement disorders. We discuss various factors that can influence the phenotypic variability of movement disorders, highlighting the potential mechanisms underlying these manifestations. We also describe how motor fluctuations can be provoked during the clinical assessment to help reach the diagnosis and appreciated to understand complaints that seem discrepant with objective findings. We summarize advice and interventions based on the variability of movement disorders that may improve patients' functioning in everyday life. © 2020 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
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- Rok Berlot
- Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Clinical and Motor Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical and Motor Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Genetic mutations strengthen functional association of LAP1 with DYT1 dystonia and muscular dystrophy. MUTATION RESEARCH-REVIEWS IN MUTATION RESEARCH 2015; 766:42-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2015.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2015] [Revised: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 07/31/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The dystonias are a group of disorders characterized by excessive involuntary muscle contractions leading to abnormal postures and/or repetitive movements. A careful assessment of the clinical manifestations is helpful for identifying syndromic patterns that focus diagnostic testing on potential causes. If a cause is identified, specific etiology-based treatments may be available. In most cases, a specific cause cannot be identified, and treatments are based on symptoms. Treatment options include counseling, education, oral medications, botulinum toxin injections, and several surgical procedures. A substantial reduction in symptoms and improved quality of life is achieved in most patients by combining these options.
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- H A Jinnah
- Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, 6300 Woodruff Memorial Research Building, 101 Woodruff Circle, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, 6300 Woodruff Memorial Research Building, 101 Woodruff Circle, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, 6300 Woodruff Memorial Research Building, 101 Woodruff Circle, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, 6300 Woodruff Memorial Research Building, 101 Woodruff Circle, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Cheng FPH, Großbach M, Altenmüller EO. Altered sensory feedbacks in pianist's dystonia: the altered auditory feedback paradigm and the glove effect. Front Hum Neurosci 2014; 7:868. [PMID: 24381552 PMCID: PMC3865372 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2013] [Accepted: 11/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background: This study investigates the effect of altered auditory feedback (AAF) in musician's dystonia (MD) and discusses whether AAF can be considered as a sensory trick in MD. Furthermore, the effect of AAF is compared with altered tactile feedback, which can serve as a sensory trick in several other forms of focal dystonia. Methods: The method is based on scale analysis (Jabusch et al., 2004). Experiment 1 employs synchronization paradigm: 12 MD patients and 25 healthy pianists had to repeatedly play C-major scales in synchrony with a metronome on a MIDI-piano with three auditory feedback conditions: (1) normal feedback; (2) no feedback; (3) constant delayed feedback. Experiment 2 employs synchronization-continuation paradigm: 12 MD patients and 12 healthy pianists had to repeatedly play C-major scales in two phases: first in synchrony with a metronome, secondly continue the established tempo without the metronome. There are four experimental conditions, among them three are the same AAF as in Experiment 1 and 1 is related to altered tactile sensory input. The coefficient of variation of inter-onset intervals of the key depressions was calculated to evaluate fine motor control. Results: In both experiments, the healthy controls and the patients behaved very similarly. There is no difference in the regularity of playing between the two groups under any condition, and neither did AAF nor did altered tactile feedback have a beneficial effect on patients' fine motor control. Conclusions: The results of the two experiments suggest that in the context of our experimental designs, AAF and altered tactile feedback play a minor role in motor coordination in patients with musicians' dystonia. We propose that altered auditory and tactile feedback do not serve as effective sensory tricks and may not temporarily reduce the symptoms of patients suffering from MD in this experimental context.
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- Felicia P-H Cheng
- Institute of Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine, Hanover University of Music, Drama, and Media Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine, Hanover University of Music, Drama, and Media Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine, Hanover University of Music, Drama, and Media Hannover, Germany
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Focal dystonias such as writer's cramp or blepharospasm are treatable with botulinum toxin injections and medications, but both therapies provide largely symptomatic relief. Because the basic abnormality in dystonia is at the synaptic level, brain modulating therapies with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) may well be able to produce lasting clinical improvement. Low-frequency threshold or subthreshold rTMS over the premotor cortex or anterior cingulate cortex, for hand dystonia and blepharospasm, respectively, could in the future become a more curative treatment, perhaps in conjunction with the current therapies.
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- Kaji Ryuji
- Department of Neurology, Institute of Health-Bioscience, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.
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Jinnah HA, Berardelli A, Comella C, Defazio G, Delong MR, Factor S, Galpern WR, Hallett M, Ludlow CL, Perlmutter JS, Rosen AR. The focal dystonias: current views and challenges for future research. Mov Disord 2013; 28:926-43. [PMID: 23893450 PMCID: PMC3733486 DOI: 10.1002/mds.25567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2013] [Revised: 05/15/2013] [Accepted: 05/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The most common forms of dystonia are those that develop in adults and affect a relatively isolated region of the body. Although these adult-onset focal dystonias are most prevalent, knowledge of their etiologies and pathogenesis has lagged behind some of the rarer generalized dystonias, in which the identification of genetic defects has facilitated both basic and clinical research. This summary provides a brief review of the clinical manifestations of the adult-onset focal dystonias, focusing attention on less well understood clinical manifestations that need further study. It also provides a simple conceptual model for the similarities and differences among the different adult-onset focal dystonias as a rationale for lumping them together as a class of disorders while at the same time splitting them into subtypes. The concluding section outlines some of the most important research questions for the future. Answers to these questions are critical for advancing our understanding of this group of disorders and for developing novel therapeutics.
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- H A Jinnah
- Department of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
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Crittenden JR, Graybiel AM. Basal Ganglia disorders associated with imbalances in the striatal striosome and matrix compartments. Front Neuroanat 2011; 5:59. [PMID: 21941467 PMCID: PMC3171104 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2011.00059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 300] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2011] [Accepted: 08/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The striatum is composed principally of GABAergic, medium spiny striatal projection neurons (MSNs) that can be categorized based on their gene expression, electrophysiological profiles, and input–output circuits. Major subdivisions of MSN populations include (1) those in ventromedial and dorsolateral striatal regions, (2) those giving rise to the direct and indirect pathways, and (3) those that lie in the striosome and matrix compartments. The first two classificatory schemes have enabled advances in understanding of how basal ganglia circuits contribute to disease. However, despite the large number of molecules that are differentially expressed in the striosomes or the extra-striosomal matrix, and the evidence that these compartments have different input–output connections, our understanding of how this compartmentalization contributes to striatal function is still not clear. A broad view is that the matrix contains the direct and indirect pathway MSNs that form parts of sensorimotor and associative circuits, whereas striosomes contain MSNs that receive input from parts of limbic cortex and project directly or indirectly to the dopamine-containing neurons of the substantia nigra, pars compacta. Striosomes are widely distributed within the striatum and are thought to exert global, as well as local, influences on striatal processing by exchanging information with the surrounding matrix, including through interneurons that send processes into both compartments. It has been suggested that striosomes exert and maintain limbic control over behaviors driven by surrounding sensorimotor and associative parts of the striatal matrix. Consistent with this possibility, imbalances between striosome and matrix functions have been reported in relation to neurological disorders, including Huntington’s disease, L-DOPA-induced dyskinesias, dystonia, and drug addiction. Here, we consider how signaling imbalances between the striosomes and matrix might relate to symptomatology in these disorders.
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- Jill R Crittenden
- Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department and McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA, USA
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Dystonia refers to sustained and vigorous contractions forcing a body region into an abnormal position that is consistently present. Dystonic postures and movements can variably combine to produce a wide spectrum of clinical presentations. The movement can affect one, two or more body regions, as in focal, segmental or generalized dystonia. Dystonic movements display specific features that can be recognised by clinical observation, such as speed, consistency, predictability, variability and relationship with voluntary movement. Sensory tricks and gestes antagonistes are manoeuvres that specifically alleviate dystonic movements and postures, thereby providing diagnostic clues. The diagnosis of primary dystonia can be established by applying a simple diagnostic flow chart during neurological examination to guide further laboratory testing.
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- Alberto Albanese
- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italy.
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Geste antagonistes, or sensory tricks, are well described in focal dystonia affecting the neck, hand, and face. Improvement in dystonic movements is typically maintained while the trick is performed, but disappears when the geste ends. We investigated the phenomenological features of geste antagoniste maneuvers in 19 patients with idiopathic lower cranial dystonia who were prospectively evaluated over a period of 6 years. Of the 19, 10 were men, mean age of onset was 49.8 years, and the most commonly involved lower cranial area was the jaw (10 patients). In most patients, dystonia was task-specific. Taking advantage of the improvement with a sensory geste, we manufactured oral appliances that mimicked the geste in 8 patients, and 3 continue to use it.
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- Steven E Lo
- The Neurological Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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Kalita J, Kumar S, Vijaykumar K, Palit G, Misra UK. A study of CSF catecholamine and its metabolites in acute and convalescent period of encephalitis. J Neurol Sci 2007; 252:62-6. [PMID: 17134724 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2006] [Revised: 10/10/2006] [Accepted: 10/11/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS To evaluate cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) catecholamine (CA) and its metabolites in encephalitis patients in acute and convalescent period and correlate these with clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Patients with acute encephalitis diagnosed on the basis of clinical, CSF, MRI and virological parameters underwent detailed neurological evaluation including Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) and Dystonia Rating Scale. Cranial MRI was carried out and CSF dopamine (DA), norepinephrine (NE), 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), homovanillic acid (HVA) and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5HT) levels were estimated by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). The CSF catecholamine levels were compared with convalescent phase as well as with controls. These levels were also correlated with parkinsonian features, dystonia and radiological abnormalities. RESULTS There were 29 encephalitis patients; whose age ranged between 2 and 65 years, 4 were females and 11 children. 25 patients had Japanese encephalitis (JE) and 4 nonspecific encephalitis. The mean GCS score was 8 and 13 had seizures. Movement disorders were present in 13 patients and included parkinsonian features in 5, dystonia in 1 and combination of both in 7 patients. MRI revealed abnormalities in 15 out of 21 patients and included thalamic lesion in 10, globus pallidus in 4, putamen in 5, caudate in 4 and midbrain in 9 patients. In acute stage NE, DOPAC, 5HT and HVA levels were significantly lower compared to controls. NE levels significantly correlated with dystonia and thalamic lesions. Convalescent CSF study revealed significantly lower levels of DOPAC compared to acute phase. CSF catecholamine levels in encephalitis patients with and without movement disorders were not significantly different. CONCLUSION In encephalitis, catecholamine and its metabolites are lower in acute and convalescent phase. Norepinephrine level correlates with dystonia and thalamic lesions.
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- J Kalita
- Department of Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi PGIMS, Lucknow, 226014 India
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Aoki KR, Ranoux D, Wissel J. Using translational medicine to understand clinical differences between botulinum toxin formulations. Eur J Neurol 2006; 13 Suppl 4:10-9. [PMID: 17112345 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01649.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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When using botulinum toxin-based products, the physician must decide the optimal location and dose required to alleviate symptoms and improve the patient's quality of life. To deliver effective treatment, the physician needs to understand the importance of accurate target muscle selection and localization and the implications of each product's migration properties when diluted in different volumes. Pre-clinical mouse models of efficacy and safety have been utilized to compare local and distal muscle relaxation effects following defined intramuscular administration. Data from the model allow the products to be ranked based on their propensity for local efficacy versus their distal migration properties. Using standardized dilutions, the non-parallel dose-response curves for the various formulations demonstrate that they have different efficacy profiles. Distal effects were also noted at different treatment doses, which are reflected in the different safety and/or therapeutic margins. Based on these pre-clinical data, the safety and therapeutic margin rankings are ordered, largest to smallest, as BOTOX, Dysport and Myobloc. The results of subsequent clinical trials are variable and dose comparisons are inconclusive, thus supporting the regulatory position that the dose units of the individual preparations are unique and cannot be simply converted between products.
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- K R Aoki
- Department of Biological Sciences, Neurotoxin Research Program, Allergan Inc., Irvine, CA 92612-1599, USA.
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Dystonia is a movement disorder with many presentations and diverse causes. A systematic approach to dystonia helps to ensure that patients with this disorder receive optimum care. This Review begins with a summary of the clinical features of dystonia, followed by a discussion of other disorders to be considered and excluded before assigning the diagnosis of dystonia. Next, we emphasise the importance of classifying dystonia along several dimensions, and we explain how doing so aids in narrowing the differential diagnosis. The more common forms of dystonia are discussed in detail. Finally, we describe how to apply the clinical information for selection of appropriate laboratory investigations.
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- Howard L Geyer
- Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
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We report a case of a 40-year-old woman with dystonic attacks precipitated by slight exercise. Episodes lasted 2-5 min and were not precipitated by sudden movements or by being startled, drinking alcohol, coffee or tea, or by stress. Secondary dystonia was ruled out and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was unremarkable. Routine and video electroencephalogram (EEG) during and between attacks were normal. Acetazolamide greatly worsened her condition, whereas gabapentin [1-(aminomethyl) cyclohexaneacetic acid] treatment markedly reduced the frequency and severity of the episodes.
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- J Guimarães
- Serviço de Neurologia, Hospital de Egas Moniz, Rua da Junqueira, Lisboa, Portugal.
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Fabiani G, Teive HA, Germiniani F, Sá D, Werneck LC. [Clinical and therapeutical features in 135 patients with dystonia: experience of movement disorders unity of the Hospital de Clínicas of the Universidade Federal do Paraná]. ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA 1999; 57:610-4. [PMID: 10667285 DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1999000400012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This study aims to describe the clinical patterns and therapeutic responses in 135 patients with dystonia. According to the classification, 54% were focal; 17.8% were segmental; 8.1% hemidistonia; 18.6% generalized and 1.5% were multifocal. There was a positive familial history in 5.9% of the cases. The treatment of the idiopathic dystonias is divided in: specific and symptomatic, and it can be local with botulinum toxin, or systemic with oral drugs. The most common drugs used in the treatment were anticholinergics and benzodiazepines, with poor responses in the generalized forms. Botulinum toxin A was the first line treatment for focal and segmental forms of dystonia. Meanwhile, the generalized forms of dystonia show poor response to the therapies utilized.
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- G Fabiani
- Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brasil.
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Giladi N, Honigman S. Botulinum toxin injections to one leg alleviate freezing of gait in a patient with Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord 1997; 12:1085-6. [PMID: 9399243 DOI: 10.1002/mds.870120641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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- N Giladi
- Department of Neurology, Carmel Medical Center, Technion School of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
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de Oliveira-Souza R, Martins ME, Andreiuolo PA, Rotmeister A. [Virtual dystonia due to posterior ventrolateral thalamic infarct: case report]. ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA 1996; 54:484-9. [PMID: 9109996 DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1996000300020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Behaviors, actions and movements may take place as purely mental events, as in the obsessions of obsessive-compulsive disorder, phantom limbs or sensory tics. In the present paper we report on the case of a 43-year-old diabetic hypertensive man who developed an incomplete form of the Dejerine-Roussy syndrome. Whenever he lay down or withdrew the leg from the ground, he experienced the illusion that the left intermediate toes painfully twisted and mounted each other. Conversely, as he stood up or firm pressure was artificially exerted against the sole, there was a dramatic relief from the "cramp" whose illusory character could he be certain of only by looking down at the foot. By passively moving his toes into the referred position we realized that the experienced deformity conformed to the pattern of a fixed dystonia not outwardly expressed through the motor system. There was severe proprioceptive loss in the same toes that harbored the cramp. MRI showed the appropriate lesion in the posteroventrolateral thalamus (VPL) and wallerian degeneration of thalamo-cortical projections. SPECT showed hypoperfusion of the overlying ipsilateral parietal cortex as well as of the basal nuclei bilaterally, besides the expected image of thalamic exclusion. We hypothesize that the infarct disconnected the somatic sensory cortex (S-1) from critical proprioceptive input with relative sparing of superficial sensibility. Lifting the foot deprived S-1 of tonic inputs conveyed by undamaged contact-pressure pathways, a functional effect promptly reversed by placing the foot back against the ground. The case illustrates how a capricious deafferentation of S-1 by a discrete VPL thalamic infarct might facilitate the emergence of autochthonous activity.
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- R de Oliveira-Souza
- Clínica Médica III, Hospital Universitário Gaffrée Guinle (HUGG, UNI-RIO), Brasil
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Gasser T, Bereznai B, Müller B, Pruszak-Seel R, Damrich R, Deuschl G, Oertel WH. Linkage studies in alcohol-responsive myoclonic dystonia. Mov Disord 1996; 11:363-70. [PMID: 8813214 DOI: 10.1002/mds.870110403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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A large German family with "myoclonic dystonia with lightning jerks responsive to alcohol" was identified. Eleven affected pedigree members and six obligate gene carriers from five generations were identified. A description of one branch of this pedigree was published in 1964. Our examination 30 years after the initial report confirms the clinical syndrome of a nonprogressive movement disorder characterized by myoclonic jerks affecting the proximal muscles and the muscles of the trunk, accompanied by mild dystonic features in some affected family members. Segregation analysis favors autosomal dominant inheritance with high, but incomplete, penetrance in males and much lower penetrance in females. Linkage analysis was performed using simple sequence repeat polymorphisms (CA repeats) closely associated with or spanning the chromosomal regions containing 15 candidate genes: the gene for early-onset generalized torsion dystonia, DYT1 (chromosome 9q34); the genes for subunits alpha 2, beta 1, and gamma 1 (chromosome 4p12-4q13); for alpha 1, alpha 6, beta 2, and gamma 2 (chromosome 5q31.1-5q31.3); for alpha 4, alpha 5, beta 3, and gamma 3 (chromosome 15q11-15q13); for rho 1 and rho 2 (chromosome 6q14-6q21) of the gamma-aminobutyric acid A receptor; and for the alpha subunit of the glycine receptor (chromosome 5q31). By a combination of pairwise and multipoint linkage analysis, it could be excluded that any of these candidate gene-bearing chromosomal regions contain the disease gene in this family. We also excluded major portions of three chromosomal regions syntenic with mouse chromosome 3, which carries the murine beta subunit of the glycine receptor.
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- T Gasser
- Neurologische Klinik, Klinikum Grosshadern, München, Germany
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De Mattos JP, De Rosso AL, Novis S. [Dystonias: clinical and therapeutic aspects in 64 patients]. ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA 1996; 54:30-6. [PMID: 8736141 DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1996000100005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The experience with 64 patients with dystonia seen at the Extrapyramidal Diseases Sector of the Neurology Department of the Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho of the UFRJ is presented as well as the pertinent review of the literature. The five-and-a-half-year of follow-up showed that 33 were male and 31 female; 48 were white, 10 mulatto and 6 negro; the mean time of disease was 9 years and 8 months. According to the distribution of the movement disorder, 30 (46.9%) were focal, 17 (26.6%) segmental, 13 (20.3%) generalized, 3 (4.7%) hemidystonia and 1 (1.5%) multifocal. In 11 (17.2%) the age of onset was before 12 years old, in 6 (9.4%) between 13 and 20 years old, and in 47 (73.4%) after 20 years old. According to the etiology, 39 (60.9%) were idiopathic sporadic, 6 (9.4%) were idiopathic familial and 19 (29.7%) were symptomatic. The therapeutical approach used in these patients were anticholinergic drugs, dopaminergic agonists or antagonists and baclofen, alone or associated with anticholinergic drugs for generalized dystonia. The authors conclude that botulinum toxin type A is the most valuable therapeutic agent in the treatment of focal dystonia.
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- J P De Mattos
- Serviço de Neurologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brasil
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Five patients presented in infancy or early childhood with various combinations of pyramidal and extrapyramidal signs with normal cognitive function. Their perinatal courses were unremarkable. In each patient, initial impressions listed by several examiners included spastic diplegia or cerebral palsy. Later in each course, either extrapyramidal features or progression suggested dopa-responsive dystonia. In 4 of the 5 children, cerebrospinal fluid was obtained and disclosed reduced levels of biopterin, neopterin, and homovanillic acid in all 4. Levodopa therapy resulted in prompt improvement with normal function returning within 6 months. The disappearance of the "spasticity," extensor plantar responses, and extrapyramidal signs, following levodopa therapy, confirmed the diagnosis of doparesponsive dystonia in these patients. Three had apparently sporadic disease; the other 2 were siblings with an affected paternal grandmother. Three had onset in infancy with delayed sitting and walking before the appearance of overt dystonia; infantile onset is infrequent in dopa-responsive dystonia. The other 2 had normal milestones, but developed gait disorders with prominent imbalance in early childhood. The diagnosis of dopa-responsive dystonia should be considered in children with unexplained or atypical "cerebral palsy."
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- T G Nygaard
- Department of Neurology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York
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Nygaard TG, Wilhelmsen KC, Risch NJ, Brown DL, Trugman JM, Gilliam TC, Fahn S, Weeks DE. Linkage mapping of dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD) to chromosome 14q. Nat Genet 1993; 5:386-91. [PMID: 8298648 DOI: 10.1038/ng1293-386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD) is an autosomal-dominant neurological disorder which appears to result from a genetically determined deficiency of striatal dopamine. Pathological evidence suggests that this may be due to the establishment of a reduced number of dopaminergic nerve terminals in the striatum, or to an excessive reduction (pruning) of these terminals in early development. We have mapped the DRD gene to chromosome 14 by linkage analysis in 3 families with a maximum 2-point lod score of 4.67 at 8.6 centiMorgans from D14S63; maximum multipoint lod scores > 6 were obtained for the intervals D14S47-D14S52 and D14S52-D14S63. The flanking loci D14S47 and D14S63 define a region of about 22 cM as containing the DRD gene.
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- T G Nygaard
- Department of Neurology, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York 10032
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Andrade LA, Ferraz HB. Idiopathic dystonia. Clinical profile of 76 Brazilian patients. ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA 1992; 50:426-32. [PMID: 1309150 DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1992000400003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Dystonia may be classified by age of onset (childhood, adolescence, adult onset), body distribution of the abnormal movements (focal, segmental, unilateral, multifocal and generalized) and etiology (idiopathic and symptomatic). We studied 76 patients with idiopathic dystonia among 122 cases of dystonic syndrome (62.3% of the total). There were 48 female and 28 male patients. Adult-onset focal dystonia was the most frequent feature (37 patients). The onset of generalized dystonia was more frequently seen under the age of 20, whereas focal and segmental dystonia usually started over this age. Postural tremor of the hands was observed in 19.7% of the patients. Spasmodic torticollis was the most prevalent form of dystonia overall. Except for writer's cramp, which occurred more frequently in males, and generalized dystonia, which was equally divided between sexes, all other forms were more frequent in females. Our data suggest that differences in racial origin, social and economical status and environmental factors do not account for a different manifestation in dystonia pattern.
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- L A Andrade
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brasil
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Dystonia is a term used to describe a specific set of abnormal movements that can occur as a symptom of a variety of neurologic disorders, but also as a disease entity in its own right. This review focuses on the primary dystonias and delineates the genetic contribution to these disorders. Included is a description of the well recognized forms of primary dystonias which manifest autosomal dominant inheritance, especially the "classic" type of early onset, generalized torsion dystonia, but also other clinically distinct forms such as myoclonic dystonia, paroxysmal dystonia, and DOPA-responsive dystonia. Also, a summary of the molecular genetic studies pertinent to these disorders and a discussion of the implications of recent genetic research for delineating the wide spectrum of this phenotypically and genetically heterogeneous group of diseases are forthcoming.
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- T Gasser
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown 02129
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