Dystonia: Causes, Types, Symptoms, and Treatments
Dystonia is a movement disorder in which a person's muscles contract uncontrollably. Dystonias that start in early adulthood remain focal or segmen...
Mehr lesenDystonia is a movement disorder in which a person's muscles contract uncontrollably. Dystonias that start in early adulthood remain focal or segmen...
Mehr lesenMany parts of your body -- including your eyes, brain, inner ear, and nerves in your feet and spine -- work together to keep you balanced. Most peo...
Mehr lesenThe most common and least serious type of traumatic brain injury is called a concussion. Though you may have a visible cut or bruise on your head, ...
Mehr lesenChiari malformations are structural defects in the cerebellum. In this type, the lower part of the cerebellum -- but not the brain stem -- extends ...
Mehr lesenBrain lesions can be caused by injury, infection, exposure to certain chemicals, problems with the immune system, and more. Here are some common br...
Mehr lesenA brain aneurysm, also known as a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), is a weak spot in the wall of a blood vessel inside the brain. Aneurysms tend to f...
Mehr lesenBasal ganglia calcification is a very rare condition that happens when calcium builds up in your brain, usually in the basal ganglia, the part of y...
Mehr lesenRett syndrome is a rare, severe neurological disorder that affects mostly girls. Problems with hand movements. Although there's no cure, early iden...
Mehr lesenSensory ataxia is the result of damage to nerves in your spinal cord or your peripheral nervous system. That is the part of your nervous system out...
Mehr lesenApraxia is a poorly understood neurological condition. This condition is present from birth, and it affects a child's ability to form sounds and wo...
Mehr lesenThere are two types of acoustic neuroma: a sporadic form and a form associated with a syndrome called neurofibromatosis type II (NF2). NF2 is an in...
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