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Cognitive Rehabilitation as a Possible Therapeutic Approach in Patients with Blepharospasm.
Blepharospasm (BSP) is a focal dystonia characterized by involuntary, bilateral spasms of the orbicularis oculi muscle. While botulinum toxin (BoNT) is the standard treatment, cognitive tasks such as reading and writing may exert transient …
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How does botulinum toxin really work?
Over the past 30 years, Botulinum toxin (BoNT) has emerged as an effective and safe therapeutic tool for a number of neurological conditions, including dystonia. To date, the exact mechanism of action of BoNT in dystonia is not fully unders…
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Exploring the Central Mechanisms of Botulinum Toxin in Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review from Animal Models to Human Evidence.
Botulinum toxin (BoNT) is an effective and safe therapy for the symptomatic treatment of several neurological disturbances. An important line of research has provided numerous pieces of evidence about the mechanisms of action of BoNT in the…
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Diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations in adult dystonia: a joint document by the Italian Society of Neurology, the Italian Academy for the Study of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, and the Italian Network on Botulinum Toxin.
The diagnostic framework and the therapeutic management of patients with adult dystonia can represent a challenge for clinical neurologists. The objective of the present paper is to delineate diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations for d…
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The Use of Botulinum Toxin for Treatment of the Dystonias.
Dystonias are characterized by involuntary muscle contractions, twisting movements, abnormal postures, and often tremor in various body regions. However, in the last decade several studies have demonstrated that dystonias are also character…
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Effect of Botulinum Toxin on Non-Motor Symptoms in Cervical Dystonia.
Patients with cervical dystonia (CD) may display non-motor symptoms, including psychiatric disturbances, pain, and sleep disorders. Intramuscular injection of botulinum toxin type A (BoNT-A) is the most efficacious treatment for motor sympt…
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Botulinum Toxin Effects on Sensorimotor Integration in Focal Dystonias.
(1) Background: In dystonia, the somatosensory temporal discrimination threshold (STDT) is abnormally increased at rest and higher and longer-lasting during movement execution in comparison with healthy subjects (HS), suggesting an abnormal…