Update on Movement Disorders – Five New Things in Parkinson’s Disease

Abstract

Movement disorders are a branch of neurology that deals with disorders of the extrapyramidal system. Most such disorders have pathology in the basal ganglia or the cerebellum or their connections to the rest of the brain. Parkinson’s disease is perhaps the prototype of movement disorders described by James Parkinson over 100 years ago. Another example is Huntington’s disease, which has become one of the most well studied genetic disorder in neurology. Other common movement disorders include essential tremor, dystonia and Tourette syndrome. This article will focus on 5 new contributions to the field of movement disorders from our research group and how that has influenced the field.