Medical Cannabis for Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome: An Open-Label Prospective Study by Saar Anis, Corinne Zalomek, Amos D. Korczyn, Alina Rosenberg, Nir Giladi, Tanya Gurevich

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Valbenazine for the Treatment of Adults with Tardive Dyskinesia by Harshit Gupta, Alycee R. Moity, Allison Jumonville, Sarah Kaufman, Amber N. Edinoff, Alan D. Kaye

“…A primarily oral movement disorder induced by chronic exposure to certain classes of medications, tardive dyskinesia is often resistant to many therapeutic approaches. …”
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Colonic Oxidative and Mitochondrial Function in Parkinson’s Disease and Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder by C. Morén, Í. González-Casacuberta, J. Navarro-Otano, D. Juárez-Flores, D. Vilas, G. Garrabou, J. C. Milisenda, C. Pont-Sunyer, M. Catalán-García, M. Guitart-Mampel, E. Tobías, F. Cardellach, F. Valldeoriola, A. Iranzo, E. Tolosa

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Untethering the Nuclear Envelope and Cytoskeleton: Biologically Distinct Dystonias Arising from a Common Cellular Dysfunction by Nadia A. Atai, Scott D. Ryan, Rashmi Kothary, Xandra O. Breakefield, Flávia C. Nery

“…Mutation/deletion of the gene (Dst) encoding dystonin in mice results in a dystonic movement disorder termed dystonia musculorum, which resembles aspects of dystonia in humans. …”
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Determination of the Unilaterally Damaged Region May Depend on the Asymmetry of Carotid Blood Flow Velocity in Hemiparkinsonian Monkey: A Pilot Study by Jincheol Seo, Kyung Seob Lim, Chang-Yeop Jeon, SeungHo Baek, Hyeon-Gu Yeo, Won Seok Choi, Sung-Hyun Park, Kang Jin Jeong, Jinyoung Won, Keonwoo Kim, Junghyung Park, Jiyeon Cho, Jung Bae Seong, Minji Kim, Yu Gyeong Kim, Jae-Won Huh, Samhwan Kim, Yong Hoon Lim, Hyung Woo Park, Hye Min Tak, Man Seong Heo, Ji-Woong Choi, Sun Ha Paek, Youngjeon Lee

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Putative Mechanism of Action of Trazodone-Related Oromandibular Dyskinesia by Alan L. Schneider

“…All cases showed abrupt cessation of the movement disorder when the drug was discontinued. One of the three cases demonstrated a highly unusual presentation of an on/off pattern of buccal dyskinesia directly related to repetitive exposure and termination of the drug trazodone. …”
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A Review of Techniques Used to Suppress Tremor by Shelan Khudhur Saleh, Saleem Lateef Mohammed, Ali Al-Askery

“… The most frequent movement disorder is Tremor, which has an increased incidence and prevalence in people over 65 who have Parkinson's disease or essential tremors. …”
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Progress on neuromodulation for treatment of essential tremor by GUO Song, ZHANG Hong⁃hao, LI Jian⁃yu, YANG An⁃chao

“… Essential tremor (ET) is the most common movement disorder in clinical practice. Some patients' daily activities are affected because of the serious tremor. …”
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Acute respiratory failure induced by belly dancer’s syndrome: A glance to a rare case report by Ruth Elizabeth Abraham, Gan Lay Min, Ahmad Luqman Bin Md Pauzi, Noor Hafizah Abdul Salim, Iskasymar Ismail

“…Respiratory myoclonus, also known as belly dancer’s dyskinesia (BDD), is a rare manifestation of movement disorder characterized by repetitive choreiform involuntary movements involving the anterior abdominal muscles, the diaphragm, and other respiratory muscles. …”
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People With Cerebral Palsy: Effects of and Perspectives for Therapy by Margaret J. Mayston

“…The movement disorder of cerebral palsy (CP) is expressed in a variety of ways and to varying degrees in each individual. …”
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Prospective Five-Year Follow-Up of Patients with Schizophrenia Suspected with Parkinson’s Disease by Asako Yoritaka, Tetsuo Hayashi, Keiko Fusegi, Rie Inami, Nobutaka Hattori

“…We enrolled six patients with schizophrenia who had parkinsonism and were diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease according to the Movement Disorder Society Clinical Diagnostic Criteria, except for the fifth absolute exclusion criteria. …”
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An Investigation into the Use and Meaning of Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Scale Scores by Renee M. Hendricks, Mohammad T. Khasawneh

“…The most conventional scale is the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) and its modified version, Movement Disorder Society- (MDS-) UPDRS. An analytical investigation into the use and meaning of these clinical scale scores was conducted to determine if gaps exist in quantifying disease progression and severity. …”
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Psychogenic Equinovarus Caused by Dislocation of the Chopart Joint Complex by Ichiro Tonogai, Koichi Sairyo

“…Patients with conversion disorder (CD) present with weakness or unexplained movement disorder that may evolve from inciting psychological events, but presentation with rigid deformity is rare. …”
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Is Parkinson’s Disease Truly a Prion-Like Disorder? An Appraisal of Current Evidence by Aneesha Chauhan, Alexander F. Jeans

“…Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the world’s second most common neurodegenerative disease and most common movement disorder. Characterised by a loss of dopaminergic neurons and the development of intraneuronal inclusions known as Lewy bodies, it has classically been thought of as a cell-autonomous disease. …”
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Targeting Histone Deacetylases: A Novel Approach in Parkinson’s Disease by Sorabh Sharma, Rajeev Taliyan

“…The worldwide prevalence of movement disorders is increasing day by day. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the most common movement disorder. …”
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A case report of acute promyelocytic leukemia with myeloid sarcoma of the lumbar spine and literature review by Yiwen Du, Kun Yang, Yantao Ling, Ying Zhang, Yuping Gong

“…This report describes a 53-year-old male who presented with low back pain and a movement disorder in his lower limbs. MRI and PET/CT scans of the lumbar spine revealed an intraspinal mass. …”
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deutetrabenazine for the treatment of chorea associated with Huntington’s disease by Harshit Gupta, Wil Perkins, Cain Stark, Sathya Kikkeri, Juyeon Kakazu, Adam D. Kaye, Alan D. Kaye

“…Huntington’s disease is characterized by a variety of motor, psychiatric, and cognitive symptoms with chorea being one of the more notable ones. Chorea is a movement disorder present in multiple neurologic diseases that causes involuntary and irregular muscle movements theorized to be stemming from high dopamine levels. …”
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Psychiatric and Behavioral Complications of GPi DBS in an Adolescent with Myoclonus Dystonia by Graciela Kriegel, Melanie I. Stuckey

“…Myoclonus dystonia is a rare movement disorder that often causes significant disability. …”
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Focal hand dystonia due to hemorrhage of the cervical spinal mass: a case report by Pelin Analay, Hazal Sevinç, Hilmi Berkan Abacıoğlu, Rahşan Göçmen, Bayram Kaymak, Levent Özçakar

“…Dystonia is a movement disorder characterized by intermittent or sustained muscle contractions that lead to abnormal postures and/or repetitive movements. …”
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Mitochondrial Dysfunction and α-Synuclein Synaptic Pathology in Parkinson’s Disease: Who’s on First? by Michela Zaltieri, Francesca Longhena, Marina Pizzi, Cristina Missale, PierFranco Spano, Arianna Bellucci

“…Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the most common neurodegenerative movement disorder. Its characteristic neuropathological features encompass the loss of dopaminergic neurons of the nigrostriatal system and the presence of Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites. …”
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