Stereotypic movement disorder is a motor disorder that develops in childhood, typically before grade school, and involves repetitive, purposeless movement. Examples of stereotypic movements include ...

Discover the cutting-edge movement disorders research at BIDMC in Boston, MA, including Parkinson's, Huntington's, dystonia, PSP and MSA.

Let us begin by understanding what Dystonia and Parkinson's disease are. Dystonia is a movement disorder. It causes the muscles to contract, and can cause twisting motions or other movements that ...

For decades, neurology treated the brain like a black box, nudging it with drugs and hoping symptoms would ease. Now ...

Neurocrine Biosciences said on Monday its drug failed to meet the main goal in a late-stage clinical trial in patients with a type of disorder that disrupts the brain's ability to control muscles.

Using a common attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication appears to help manage the symptoms of a rare and currently difficult to treat genetic movement disorder primarily found in ...

Electrical deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a well-established method for treating disordered movement in Parkinson's disease. However, implanting electrodes in a person's brain is an invasive and ...

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center neurosurgeons offer deep brain stimulation, a brain stimulator device, to treat movement disorders. Learn more.

NERVTEX, a Chinese company focused on developing digital therapeutics for brain disorders, has obtained the approval of the China National Medical Products Administration for its AI-powered movement ...

Scientists at Scripps Research have clarified the workings of a mysterious protein called Gαo, which is one of the most abundant proteins in the brain and, when mutated, causes severe movement ...

Just days after an upbeat R&D event, Neurocrine Biosciences has found itself having to report a phase 3 failure. | Neurocrine’s Ingrezza, approved to treat certain uncontrolled movements, failed to ...

Stereotypic movement disorder is a motor disorder that develops in childhood, typically before grade school, and involves repetitive, purposeless movement. Examples of stereotypic movements include ...