54 results about "Dystonia" patented technology

The present invention relates to methods for remotely and intelligently tuning movement disorder of therapy systems. The present invention still further provides methods of quantifying movement disorders for the treatment of patients who exhibit symptoms of such movement disorders including, but not limited to, Parkinson's disease and Parkinsonism, Dystonia, Chorea, and Huntington's disease, Ataxia, Tremor and Essential Tremor, Tourette syndrome, stroke, and the like. The present invention yet further relates to methods of remotely and intelligently or automatically tuning a therapy device using objective quantified movement disorder symptom data to determine the therapy setting or parameters to be transmitted and provided to the subject via his or her therapy device. The present invention also provides treatment and tuning intelligently, automatically and remotely, allowing for home monitoring of subjects.

The present invention relates to methods for tuning treatment parameters in movement disorder therapy systems. The present invention further relates to a system for screening patients to determine viability as candidates for certain therapy modalities, such as deep brain stimulation (DBS). The present invention still further provides methods of quantifying movement disorders for the treatment of patients who exhibit symptoms of such movement disorders including, but not limited to, Parkinson's disease and Parkinsonism, Dystonia, Chorea, and Huntington's disease, Ataxia, Tremor and Essential Tremor, Tourette syndrome, stroke, and the like. The present invention yet further relates to methods of tuning a therapy device using objective quantified movement disorder symptom data acquired by a movement disorder diagnostic device to determine the therapy setting or parameters to be provided to the subject via his or her therapy device. The present invention also provides treatment and tuning remotely, allowing for home monitoring of subjects.

The invention is directed to methods of treating movement disorders by administering an effective amount of the compound of formula (I) to patients in need thereof. More particularly, the invention is directed to a method for treating myoclonus including administering to a patient a compound of formula (I), wherein the myoclonus is not alcohol responsive essential myoclonus with dystonia. In some embodiments, the myoclonus is posthypoxic myoclonus. The invention is also directed to a method for treating dystonia, essential tremor cerebellar tremor, a tic, or chorea, including administering to a patient a compound of formula (I).

A remedy for muscle hyperactivity, comprising a purified botulinum neurotoxin as an active ingredient.

This invention is directed to medical equipment and can be used for elevation of resistance of a human body against various pathologies including bronchial asthma, hyperplastic anemia and iron deficiency anemia, neurocirculatory dystonia, hypertension, obesity. This instrument can also be useful for treatment and prevention of respiratory and metabolic dysfunctions, for enhancement of non-specific compensatory capabilities of a human body and its aerobic output, as well as for improving physical fitness and regenerative ability of athletes, and reducing negative side effects of ionizing radiation.

There is disclosed a method for the treatment or prevention of Extra Pyramidal syndrome (EPS), dystonia, restless legs syndrome (RLS) or periodic leg movement in sleep (PLMS) comprising the administration of an adenosine A2a receptor antagonist, alone or in combination with other agents useful for treating EPS, dystonia, RLS or PLMS; also claimed are pharmaceutical compositions consisting of an adenosine A2a receptor antagonist in combination with an antipsychotic agent, an anticonvulsant agent, lithium or an opioid.

The present invention is directed to a device and method for monitoring and assessment of movement disorder symptoms. The device and method disclosed herein are particularly amenable to remote monitoring of a subject's movement disorder symptoms. Briefly stated, in certain preferred embodiments of the present invention the movement disorder monitoring device accompanies a subject to a remote location where the device is used to record data relating to the severity of a subject's movement disorder symptoms over a period of time. This data is then subsequently used by physicians or other clinicians in optimizing and assessing treatment options directed at alleviating a subject's movement disorder symptoms. The method and device of the present invention can be used to monitor symptoms of a number of movement disorders including but not limited to dystonia, essential tremor, Huntington's disease, various ataxias, multiple sclerosis, psychogenic tremor, and Parkinson's disease.

The invention is directed to a method of treating movement disorders by the modulation of neuronal transmission using time-variant non-conservative magnetic fields. The invention is also directed to a method for treating dystonias.

There is disclosed a method for the treatment or prevention of Extra Pyramidal syndrome (EPS), dystonia, restless legs syndrome (RLS) or periodic leg movement in sleep (PLMS) comprising the administration of an adenosine A2a receptor antagonist, alone or in combination with other agents useful for treating EPS, dystonia, RLS or PLMS.

The disclosure describes a unique animal model which is useful for studying the role of FGF14 in the central nervous system (CNS) and testing of potential drugs for treatment of CNS diseases. To provide this animal model, the Fgf14 gene is disrupted in mice by replacing the second and third exons with beta-galactosidase. Neuropharmacological studies are disclosed which show that the Fgf14 deficient mice have disrupted striatal-nigra and striatal-pallidal pathways resulting in increased excitatory input to the cortex. The paroxysmal hyperkinetic disorder in Fgf14 deficient mice phenocopies a form of dystonia, a disease often associated with dysfunction of the putamen.

Histamine H3 inverse agonists or histamine H3 antagonists are useful, alone or in combination with a neuroleptic agent, for treating or preventing movement disorders, including tremor, such as essential tremor, and tremor associated with Parkinson's disease, cranofacial trauma, multiple sclerosis, stroke, dystonia, and neuropathic, toxic or drug induced tremor.

The present invention features palatable pharmaceutical compositions including sodium phenylbutyrate and methods for the treatment of inborn errors of metabolism (e.g., Maple Syrup Urine Disease or Urea Cycle Disorders), neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease, spinal muscular atrophy, dystonia, or inclusion-body myositis with such compositions.