DystoniaPub Date : 2023-09-11DOI: 10.3389/dyst.2023.11922
Jason S. Gill, Meike E. van der Heijden, A. Shaikh, R. Sillitoe
{"title":"Editorial: Models, mechanisms, and maturation in developmental dystonia","authors":"Jason S. Gill, Meike E. van der Heijden, A. Shaikh, R. Sillitoe","doi":"10.3389/dyst.2023.11922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/dyst.2023.11922","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72853,"journal":{"name":"Dystonia","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139341067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DystoniaPub Date : 2023-08-24DOI: 10.3389/dyst.2023.11487
Luis E. Salazar Leon, Roy V. Sillitoe
{"title":"Disrupted sleep in dystonia depends on cerebellar function but not motor symptoms in mice","authors":"Luis E. Salazar Leon, Roy V. Sillitoe","doi":"10.3389/dyst.2023.11487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/dyst.2023.11487","url":null,"abstract":"Although dystonia is the third most common movement disorder, patients often also experience debilitating nonmotor defects including impaired sleep. The cerebellum is a central component of a “dystonia network” that plays various roles in sleep regulation. Importantly, the primary driver of sleep impairments in dystonia remains poorly understood. The cerebellum, along with other nodes in the motor circuit, could disrupt sleep. However, it is unclear how the cerebellum might alter sleep and mobility. To disentangle the impact of cerebellar dysfunction on motion and sleep, we generated two mouse genetic models of dystonia that have overlapping cerebellar circuit miswiring but show differing motor phenotype severity: Ptf1a Cre ; Vglut2 fx/fx and Pdx1 Cre ; Vglut2 fx/fx mice. In both models, excitatory climbing fiber to Purkinje cell neurotransmission is blocked, but only the Ptf1a Cre ; Vglut2 fx/fx mice have severe twisting. Using in vivo ECoG and EMG recordings we found that both mutants spend greater time awake and in NREM sleep at the expense of REM sleep. The increase in awake time is driven by longer awake bouts rather than an increase in bout number. We also found a longer latency to reach REM in both mutants, which is similar to what is reported in human dystonia. We uncovered independent but parallel roles for cerebellar circuit dysfunction and motor defects in promoting sleep quality versus posture impairments in dystonia.","PeriodicalId":72853,"journal":{"name":"Dystonia","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135420542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DystoniaPub Date : 2023-08-16DOI: 10.3389/dyst.2023.11660
Patrick J. Mulcahey, Angel V. Peterchev, Nicole Calakos, Noreen Bukhari-Parlakturk
{"title":"Transcranial magnetic stimulation: the road to clinical therapy for dystonia","authors":"Patrick J. Mulcahey, Angel V. Peterchev, Nicole Calakos, Noreen Bukhari-Parlakturk","doi":"10.3389/dyst.2023.11660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/dyst.2023.11660","url":null,"abstract":"Despite many research studies, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is not yet an FDA-approved clinical therapy for dystonia patients. This review describes the four major challenges that have historically hindered the clinical translation of TMS. The four challenges described are limited types of clinical trial designs, limited evidence on objective behavioral measures, variability in the TMS clinical response, and the extensive TMS parameters to optimize for clinical therapy. Progress has been made to diversify the types of clinical trial design available to clinical researchers, identify evidence-based objective behavioral measures, and reduce the variability in TMS clinical response. Future studies should identify objective behavioral measures for other dystonia subtypes and expand the optimal TMS stimulation parameters for clinical therapy. Our review highlights the key progress made to overcome these barriers and gaps that remain for TMS to develop into a long-lasting clinical therapy for dystonia patients.","PeriodicalId":72853,"journal":{"name":"Dystonia","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136391349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DystoniaPub Date : 2023-08-16DOI: 10.3389/dyst.2023.11303
Shlok Sarin, Temitope Lawal, H. Abboud
{"title":"Spinal dystonia and other spinal movement disorders","authors":"Shlok Sarin, Temitope Lawal, H. Abboud","doi":"10.3389/dyst.2023.11303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/dyst.2023.11303","url":null,"abstract":"While traditionally considered a disorder of the basal ganglia, brainstem, and cerebellum, multiple reports have shown that spinal cord pathologies may lead to dystonia. In this article, we first discuss various spinal movement disorders and the differences between tonic spasms, spinal dystonia, spinal myoclonus, spinal tremors, and paroxysmal dyskinesia. We review potential pathogenesis of spinal dystonia. We then focus on reports of dystonia secondary to spinal cord demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders. We conclude by discussing the potential treatment options for spinal dystonia.","PeriodicalId":72853,"journal":{"name":"Dystonia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48419445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DystoniaPub Date : 2023-08-08DOI: 10.3389/dyst.2023.11448
G. Paparella, A. Guerra, S. Galosi, A. Cannavacciuolo, Luca Angelini, Traian Popa, A. Berardelli, M. Bologna
{"title":"Bradykinesia and dystonia","authors":"G. Paparella, A. Guerra, S. Galosi, A. Cannavacciuolo, Luca Angelini, Traian Popa, A. Berardelli, M. Bologna","doi":"10.3389/dyst.2023.11448","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/dyst.2023.11448","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Bradykinesia has been reported in patients with dystonia. Despite this, the pathophysiological mechanisms of bradykinesia in dystonia remain largely unknown.Methods: We here performed a comprehensive literature search and reviewed clinical and experimental studies on bradykinesia in patients with dystonia.Results: Many studies have documented the presence of bradykinesia in patients with idiopathic and inherited isolated dystonia, regardless of the presence of parkinsonism. In addition, bradykinesia has been observed as a side effect in dystonic patients who have undergone deep brain stimulation, in those with functional dystonia as well as in those with combined dystonia, e.g., dystonia-parkinsonism. These clinical and experimental findings support the hypothesis that dysfunction in a brain network involving the basal ganglia, primary sensorimotor cortex, and cerebellum may play a key role in the pathophysiology of both bradykinesia and dystonia.Conclusion: Bradykinesia is frequently observed in dystonia. We may gain insights into the pathophysiological underpinnings of two distinct movement disorders by investigating this issue. Furthermore, a deeper understanding of bradykinesia in dystonia may have terminological implications in this field.","PeriodicalId":72853,"journal":{"name":"Dystonia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48434823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DystoniaPub Date : 2023-07-13DOI: 10.3389/dyst.2023.11526
A. Mahajan
{"title":"Deconstructing motor and non-motor aspects of dystonia with neuroimaging","authors":"A. Mahajan","doi":"10.3389/dyst.2023.11526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/dyst.2023.11526","url":null,"abstract":"Dystonia, the third most common movement disorder, is clinically characterized by involuntary muscle contractions leading to abnormal, patterned movements and postures that are often activated or worsened by initiation of movement. In addition to motor features, the presence and contribution of non-motor features including sensory and psychiatric features is increasingly recognized. However, the underlying pathophysiology behind dystonia and its fascinating motor and non-motor presentations remains inadequately understood. Advances in neuroimaging may hold the key. This review outlines brain imaging studies, with an intentional focus on our work, conducted using different structural and functional neuroimaging modalities, focused on dystonia and its motor and non-motor clinical presentations. It highlights the different parts of the human brain that may be implicated with these aspects of this network disorder. Finally, current limitations and promising future directions to deconstruct this knot and take a leap forward are mentioned.","PeriodicalId":72853,"journal":{"name":"Dystonia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44341662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DystoniaPub Date : 2023-02-23DOI: 10.3389/dyst.2023.11117
M. Kasiri, Sina Javadzadeh, Jaya Nataraj, Seyyed Alireza Seyyed Mousavi, T. Sanger
{"title":"Correlated activity in globus pallidus and thalamus during voluntary reaching movement in three children with primary dystonia","authors":"M. Kasiri, Sina Javadzadeh, Jaya Nataraj, Seyyed Alireza Seyyed Mousavi, T. Sanger","doi":"10.3389/dyst.2023.11117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/dyst.2023.11117","url":null,"abstract":"Classical models of the physiology of dystonia suggest that involuntary muscle contractions are caused by inappropriately low activity in Globus Pallidus internus (GPi) that fails to adequately inhibit thalamic inputs to cortex. We test this prediction in three children with primary dystonia undergoing depth electrode recording in basal ganglia and thalamus during selection of targets for deep brain stimulation (DBS) implantation. We compare muscle activity to the power in the spectrogram of the local field potential, as well as to counts of identified spikes in GPi, subthalamic nucleus (STN), and the Ventral oralis (VoaVop) and Ventral Anterior (VA) subnuclei of the thalamus, while subjects are at rest or attempting to make active voluntary arm or leg reaching movements. In all three subjects, both spectrogram power and spike activity in GPi, STN, VoaVop, and VA are significantly positively correlated with movement. In particular, GPi and STN both increase activity during attempted movement. These results contradict the classical rate model of the physiology of dystonia, and support more recent models that propose abnormalities in the detailed pattern of activity rather than the overall lumped activity of pallidum and thalamus.","PeriodicalId":72853,"journal":{"name":"Dystonia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47899247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DystoniaPub Date : 2023-02-16DOI: 10.3389/dyst.2023.11053
Connor S. King, Z. Caffall, E. Soderblom, N. Calakos
{"title":"DYT-TOR1A genotype alters extracellular vesicle composition in murine cell model and shows potential for biomarker discovery","authors":"Connor S. King, Z. Caffall, E. Soderblom, N. Calakos","doi":"10.3389/dyst.2023.11053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/dyst.2023.11053","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Biomarkers that can be used to identify patient subgroups with shared pathophysiology and/or that can be used as pharmacodynamic readouts of disease state are valuable assets for successful clinical trial design. In translational research for brain diseases, extracellular vesicles (EVs) have become a high-priority target for biomarker discovery because of their ubiquity in peripheral biofluids and potential to indicate brain state. Materials and methods: Here, we applied unbiased quantitative proteomics of EVs isolated from DYT-TOR1A knockin mouse embryonic fibroblasts and littermate controls to discover candidates for protein biomarkers. We further examined the response of genotype perturbations to drug treatment conditions to determine their pharmacodynamic properties. Results: We found that many DYT-TOR1A MEF EV differences were significantly corrected by ritonavir, a drug recently shown to correct DYT-TOR1A phenotypes in cell and mouse disease models. We also used tool compounds to explore the effect of the integrated stress response (ISR), which regulates protein synthesis and is implicated in dystonia pathogenesis. Integrated stress response inhibition in WT cells partially phenocopied the effects of DYT-TOR1A on EV proteome composition, and ISR potentiation in DYT-TOR1A caused changes that paralleled ritonavir treatment. Conclusion: These results collectively show that DYT-TOR1A genotype alters EV protein composition, and these changes can be dynamically modulated by a candidate therapeutic drug and ISR activity state. These mouse model findings provide proof-of-concept that EVs may be a useful source of biomarkers in human populations and further suggest specific homologs to evaluate in cross-species validation.","PeriodicalId":72853,"journal":{"name":"Dystonia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43789194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DystoniaPub Date : 2023-02-09DOI: 10.3389/dyst.2023.11067
K. Zeuner, A. Baumann, K. Witt
{"title":"Treatment of writer’s cramp based on current pathophysiological concepts","authors":"K. Zeuner, A. Baumann, K. Witt","doi":"10.3389/dyst.2023.11067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/dyst.2023.11067","url":null,"abstract":"Task specific dystonia belongs to the group of focal dystonias. They are debilitating movement disorders that present with co-contraction of antagonist muscles during a specific task. The most common one is writer’s cramp. Botulinum toxin is the symptomatic standard treatment. Its response rate is 50% after 1 year, and the overall efficacy limited due to unwanted weakness in not injected muscles. The pathophysiology of writer’s cramp remains unclear, but genetic and additional environmental causes have been proposed. A possible underlying mechanism may be maladaptive reorganization in the sensorimotor cortex. Based on this background alternative treatment strategies were developed such as several different sensory and motor training programs that have been applied to reverse these brain abnormalities. In some studies, sensory and motor training were combined and adjunct with fitness exercises. They were conducted either as an outpatient setting or were established home based. Clinical outcome was measured with different clinical scales such as the writer’s cramp rating scale, the arm dystonia rating scale or the Burke, Fahn Marsden Scale. For objective assessment, kinematic handwriting parameters were analyzed. Functional or structural changes of the sensorimotor cortex were estimated using functional magnetic tomography, magnetencephalography and voxel-based morphometry. The results of these training programs were promising; however, one drawback is that the number of patients studied were small and the programs were not controlled since it is difficult to establish a control training to conduct a randomized controlled study.","PeriodicalId":72853,"journal":{"name":"Dystonia","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43389272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DystoniaPub Date : 2023-02-06DOI: 10.3389/dyst.2023.10957
Paola Testini, S. Factor
{"title":"Treatment of tardive dystonia: A review","authors":"Paola Testini, S. Factor","doi":"10.3389/dyst.2023.10957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/dyst.2023.10957","url":null,"abstract":"Tardive dystonia (TD), the second most common but most disabling form of tardive syndrome, was initially described in 1982. It is caused by exposure to dopamine receptor blocking agents including antipsychotics and antiemetics. It most commonly presents as cranial or cervical dystonia. Characteristics suggestive of a TD diagnosis include a young age of onset, male predominance, and the higher prevalence of phasic cervical dystonia and retrocollis. Treatment of TD is limited. In this paper we review the literature on treatment options for TD as well as discussing a strategic approach. Options include use of clozapine which appears to have anti-dystonia properties. Other medications reported on with limited evidence include VMAT2 inhibitors, anticholinergics, clonazepam, and baclofen. Botulinum toxin has been shown to provide relief in TD in a manner similar to primary dystonia. The largest literature is on the use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the globus pallidus pars interna which includes blinded studies. We finish with providing an algorithm based on current knowledge.","PeriodicalId":72853,"journal":{"name":"Dystonia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46044119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}