Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the marketing, availability, and consumption of cannabis (marijuana) products in Canada and the United States. There is renewed interest within segments of the research community to explore its use to treat numerous diseases and conditions. Read more...
Dystonia Canada News
February 13, 2020
The Greater Vancouver Area Dystonia Support Group will be participating in this year’s 5K Scotiabank Charity Challenge on Sunday, June 28, 2020. DMRF Canada welcomes all those in the dystonia community and others in the Vancouver area to participate.
Read more... November 11, 2019
Cheri Tannenbaum, daughter of DMRF Canada Founders Samuel and Fran Belzberg, has published a memoir, Woman of Few Words: My Creative Journey With Dystonia. Read more...
September 23, 2019
The Jackson Mooney Patient Education Grant 2024 is now open.
The Jackson Mooney Dystonia Patient Education Grant was established to provide financial assistance of up to $5,000.00 for Canadian residents who are living with dystonia, in financial need, and committed to enhancing their current situation through furthering their education Read more...
August 21, 2019
DRMF Canada was proud to support the 2019 Banting Research Foundation Discovery Award. This year’s grant has been awarded to Dr. Nicholas Strzalkowski from the Department of Biology at Mount Royal University. The Banting Research Foundation and DMRF Canada are thrilled to be able to partner to support this outstanding early career investigator whose research focuses on sensory feedback in dystonia. Click here to learn more.
Read more... August 12, 2019
Genetic discoveries have been guiding dystonia research for a number of years now. Typically, once new genes have been discovered a quest for understanding the role of their corresponding proteins begins. Read more...
August 9, 2019
A separate line of studies explores the musician’s dystonia thanks to the James C. Kilik Memorial Research Awards. In one of the projects, Robert Chen at the University of Toronto (Canada) is investigating how modulating the functional connectivity of the cerebellum affect musician's dystonia Read more...
August 9, 2019
Yet another form of dystonia is called the myoclonus-dystonia (MD). In a separate program, supported by the Brown Family Foundation, several projects are underway or close to completion.
Read more... August 9, 2019
Several groups study functional changes in dystonia using neurophysiological approaches studying the entire human or animal brain. William Hutchison at Toronto Western Hospital (Canada) studies tremor, oscillations and synaptic plasticity in dystonia patients undergoing DBS. Read more...