What is Essential Tremor?

Essential tremor is a type of involuntary shaking movement in which no cause can be identified. Involuntary means you shake without trying to do so.

What is Wilson's Disease?

Wilson disease, also known as hepatolenticular degeneration, is a rare inherited systemic disorder of copper metabolism. In patients with this disease, copper initially accumulates in the liver. When the liver's storage capacity is eventually exceeded, copper is then released from the liver and begins to collect in other organs of the body, particularly the brain, eyes, and kidneys.

Tourettes Syndrome

What is Tourette's Syndrome?

Tourette's syndrome (TS) is an inherited neurobehavioral disorder characterized by sudden, involuntary, repetitive muscle movements (motor tics) and vocalizations (vocal tics). The disorder is also known as Gilles de la Tourette syndrome for the neurologist who first described the syndrome in 1885.

Dystonia - Movement Disorders

What is Dystonia?

Dystonia is a neurologic movement disorder characterized by sustained muscle contractions, usually producing twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal postures or positions. Almost all dystonic movements share a directional quality that is typically sustained, sometimes for an instant, as well as a consistency and predictability Dystonia movements are directional, forcing the involved body part or region into an abnormal position, which is consistently present.

Essential Tremor