Functional brain networks in movement disorders

Functional (psychogenic) movement disorders: merging mind and brain.

Functional (psychogenic) movement disorders (FMD) are part of the wide spectrum of functional neurological disorders, which together account for over 16% of patients referred to neurology clinics. FMD have been described as a "crisis for neurology" and cause major challenges in terms of diagnosis and treatment. As with other functional disorders, a key issue is the absence of pathophysiological...

Letter to Editor: Neuropsychiatric Consequences of Deep Brain Stimulation in Patients with Chronic Movement Disorders

Functional neuroanatomy and physiology in movement disorders

Introduction The most common movement disorders, including Parkinson’s disease (PD), Huntington’s disease (HD), dystonia, and dyskinesias are associated with pathology within the basal ganglia (BG), a group of graymatter structures situated at the base of the forebrain that are extensively interconnected together as well as with different parts of the cerebral cortex, the thalamus, and other su...

Deep brain stimulation in movement disorders.

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is used for advanced and medically intractable patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), essential tremor (ET), and dystonia who meet strict criteria after a detailed motor, cognitive, and psychiatric evaluation. The potential targets are the ventral intermediate nucleus (VIM) of the thalamus for tremor, the globus pallidus interna (GPI) and the subthalamic nucleus (S...

Surfing Brain Waves in Disorders of Movement

Sensorimotor Control Meeting