Our congratulations to Dr. Stavros Tsagkaris, from the Evelina London Children’s Hospital in London, UK and the David Marsden Award 2024 for his paper: Metabolic Patterns in Brain 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET Relate to Aetiology in Paediatric Dystonia https://dystonia-europe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/tsagkaris-et-al-brain-656e1e43a6c91253670147.pdf On Saturday 29 June Dr. Tsagkaris was presented with the award by Dystonia Europe Executive Director Monika Benson…
My Dystonia Story – Meet Vidar from Norway
My name is Vidar Bjørkli, I am 64 years old and live in Finnsnes, Troms in Norway. I am married to Berit and have two grown up sons. Before my retirement two years ago I worked most of my life (nearly 40 years) as a journalist in the local newspaper Troms Folkeblad in Finnsnes. In…
On-line Dystonia Day 2024
We are delighted to announce our upcoming on-line Dystonia Day on 21 September on Zoom from 10.00 until 13.40. We will hear dystonia expert speakers and a patient testimony. There will also be the possibility to ask questions. Link to registration and the event will be available soon. Program 2024 final
Walking with Alpacas – Happiness on Four Legs
Our Berlin dystonia group “DyD” (Dystonia and You) enthusiastically accepted a suggestion from a fellow group member to take a group trip to Brandenburg and go on an alpaca hike. Fortunately, we found the wonderful alpaca farm in Pausin, about a 1.5 hours drive from Berlin. The farm made a pleasant impression on us and…
Discovering a Missing Piece of the Dystonia Jigsaw: An International Collaboration on Understanding Brain Glucose Activity Patterns in Children and Young People with Dystonia
By Dr Jean-Pierre Lin, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, London, UK The award of the Dystonia Europe David Marsden Prize to Dr Stavros Tsagkaris represents a significant recognition of the importance of our work in investigating brain activity patterns in childhood and adolescent dystonias1, 2 representing a 20-year project to carefully unravel the mechanisms of dystonia…