Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that targeting neuronal signaling controlling aberrant learning in the ...

People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability (ID) often experience involuntary movements, which disrupt their ability to perform many tasks. A new device could help reduce ...

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Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is an involuntary neurological movement disorder that is usually a side effect of certain dopamine receptor blocking drugs. It mainly affects the face but can also cause ...

Patients on antipsychotics need to be regularly monitored for signs of tardive dyskinesia, a medication-induced movement disorder diagnosed when the involuntary movements persist for at least a month ...

When picturing signs of dementia to look for, the first ones that come to mind may be memory loss, struggling to think of the right word and having difficulty problem-solving. You may have also heard ...

Tardive dyskinesia shares features with other movement disorders, such as Tourette syndrome and drug-induced Parkinsonism. But a diagnostic evaluation can reveal which condition is causing the ...

Parkinson's patients can suffer from a range of symptoms affecting their movement including something known as dyskinesia, which causes involuntary motion of body parts and makes everyday tasks a ...

Athetosis and chorea are two types of involuntary movements that can occur in children and adults with neurological conditions, such as cerebral palsy. The movements have different features, and the ...

Kristin Weiland is a documentary film producer and writer with a background in crisis management and ethnographic research. She specializes in investigative and social impact documentary projects, and ...

Dyskinesia is a state in which someone experiences involuntary movements. Chorea is a type of dyskinesia. Other types of dyskinesia include tics, myoclonus, dystonia, and akathisia. There are ...

In a new cohort of 27 adults from the IMPACT-TD Registry, up to 77% of participants reported improvements in aspects of their lives impacted by tardive dyskinesia (TD) while taking AUSTEDO or AUSTEDO ...