Our congratulations to Dr. Susanne Knorr, department of Neurology, University Hospital of Würzburg, Germany and the David Marsden Award 2022 for her paper: “The evolution of dystonia-like movements in TOR1A rats after transient nerve injury is accompanied by dopaminergic dysregulation and abnormal oscillatory activity of a central motor network.” Dr. Knorr was presented with the…
Dystonia Research Update
We are delighted to present this new page in our newsletter. Here we will share the most recent publications in the field of dystonia research together with a summary in lay language. Ledda C, Artusi CA, Tribolo A et al. Time to onset and duration of botulinum toxin efficacy in movement disorders. J Neurol. 2022…
DBS study in Germany is still Recruiting Patients suffering from Cervical Dystonia
A randomized, sham-controlled trial of pallidal neurostimulation versus botulinum toxin treatment for cervical dystonia (StimTox-CD) Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the internal globus pallidus is highly effective for various forms of primary dystonia, but is currently considered a last resort therapy for severe and medication-refractory segmental or generalized dystonia according to treatment guideline. The first-line treatment…
EurDyscover Annual Meeting Update
On November 16 the annual meeting of the EurDyscover Consortium was held on-line. Professors Chi Wang Ip and Jens Volkmann welcomed the participants. Each working group then gave a presentation and update on the progress of the work. The Consortium includes specialists from dystonia expert centers in Germany, Czech Republic, France, Italy and Portugal. By…
The winner of the David Marsden Award 2021, Dr Martin Reich from Germany.
Adam Kalinowski then introduced us to the David Marsden Award 2021 which is given in his name as recognition for all the research work he did and encouraged. Adam also thanked Ipsen who sponsored this award. Adam was delighted to announce the winner to be Dr Martin Reich from Germany. Dr Martin Reich, Julius Maximilians…
