Knowns and unknowns about the neurobiology of stuttering

NE Neef, SE Chang - Plos Biology, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Stuttering occurs in early childhood during a dynamic phase of brain and behavioral
development. The latest studies examining children at ages close to this critical …

Dystonia, chorea, hemiballismus and other dyskinesias

M Bologna, J Valls-Solè, N Kamble, PK Pal… - Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hyperkinesias are heterogeneous involuntary movements that significantly differ in terms of
clinical and semeiological manifestations, including rhythm, regularity, speed, duration, and …

Sodium Oxybate in Alcohol‐Responsive Essential Tremor of Voice: An Open‐Label Phase II Study

LC O'Flynn, SJ Frucht, K Simonyan - Movement Disorders, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Essential tremor of voice (ETv) is characterized by involuntary oscillations of
laryngeal and upper airway muscles, causing rhythmic alterations in pitch and loudness …

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 …

M Romano, S Bagnato, MC Altavista, L Avanzino… - Neurological …, 2022 - Springer
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 …

Short-and long-term central action of botulinum neurotoxin treatment in laryngeal dystonia

LC O'Flynn, K Simonyan - Neurology, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Laryngeal dystonia (LD) is isolated task-specific focal dystonia
selectively impairing speech production. The first choice of LD treatment is botulinum …

DystoniaBoTXNet: novel neural network biomarker of botulinum toxin efficacy in isolated dystonia

D Yao, LC O'Flynn, K Simonyan - Annals of neurology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Isolated dystonia is characterized by abnormal, often painful, postures and
repetitive movements due to sustained or intermittent involuntary muscle contractions …

Impact of naturalistic smartphone positioning on acoustic measures of voice

VS McKenna, RM Roberts, AD Friedman… - The Journal of the …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Smartphone technology has been used for at-home health monitoring, but there are few
available applications (apps) for tracking acoustic measures of voice for those with chronic …

Effects of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in adductor laryngeal dystonia: A safety, feasibility, and pilot study

CN Prudente, M Chen, KL Stipancic, KL Marks… - Experimental Brain …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose The effects of neuromodulation are virtually unexplored in adductor laryngeal
dystonia (AdLD), a disorder characterized by involuntary contraction of intrinsic laryngeal …

Exploring Neurophysiological Mechanisms and Treatment Efficacies in Laryngeal Dystonia: A Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Approach

M Rogić Vidaković, J Šoda, JE Kuluva, B Bošković… - Brain sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Laryngeal dystonia (LD), known or termed as spasmodic dysphonia, is a rare movement
disorder with an unknown cause affecting the intrinsic laryngeal muscles …

Botulinum Neurotoxin Therapy in the Clinical Management of Laryngeal Dystonia

W Yeung, AL Richards, D Novakovic - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
Laryngeal dystonia (LD), or spasmodic dysphonia (SD), is a chronic, task-specific, focal
movement disorder affecting the larynx. It interferes primarily with the essential functions of …