New advances in the pathophysiology of focal dystonias
Open Access
- 1 January 2006
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Brain
- Vol. 129 (1) , 6-7
- https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awh717
Abstract
In this issue of Brain two studies using different techniques report novel findings on the pathophysiology of focal dystonias. The first paper (Dresel et al., 2006) reports a functional MRI (fMRI) study in patients with cranial dystonia during a whistling task and the second (Fiorio et al., 2006) describes the results of a study on mental body rotation in patients with writer's cramp. Both papers open interesting new questions for further study.Keywords
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