Dystonia Canada News

Several DMRF grants were completed in 2007. Here are brief updates on the results of two of these investigations.

Winnipeg – Dr. Andrew Borys, neurologist at the Winnipeg Movement Disorders Clinic, gave an interesting and wide ranging presentation to the DMRFC Manitoba Support Group in which he spoke of the genetic influences on dystonia; the DYT1 gene; the interplay of the cortex, cerebellum and basal ganglia in the brain as they pertain to sensory feedback with dystonia and other movement disorders.