The Pathophysiology of Focal Hand Dystonia
โ Scribed by Peter T. Lin; Mark Hallett
- Book ID
- 113715250
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 323 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-1130
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## Abstract Cortical activation is reduced when patients with focal dystonia perform movements that do not induce dystonic posturing. This finding suggests that the cortical drive to muscles may in some circumstances actually be reduced not increased, as suggested by basal ganglia models of dystoni