Current activities

(March 28, 2018) Since the current technology of microneurography is not suited for the recording of afferent signals from muscle spindles of dystonic muscles, we will promote direct research into abnormities that could cause distortion of these signals. Concretely, we will promote research into the role of neurovascular conflicts in dystonia. Neurovascular conflicts are abnormal contacts between blood vessels and nerves that impair nerve function. The surgical repair is called neurovascular (or microvascular)  decompression. We have concretized our next steps in a letter to Dystonia Europe as follows: 1. Combination of neurovascular decompression and brain research in cervical dystonia; 2. Research into neurovascular conflicts in laryngeal dystonia; 3. Research into peripheral nervous effects of deep brain stimulation.

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