Role of modern neuroimaging in the studies of focal dystonia

Abstract

Presented is a detailed analysis of different modern neuroimagingtechnologies used for studying pathophysiological mechanismsand morpho-physiological substrate of primary focal dystonia.Main attention is paid to functional MRI and voxel-basedmorphometry. Various applications of these methods for the purposesof basic neurology and neurophysiology, as well as for controlof the effects of ongoing treatment, are summarized and discussed.

Keywords

• focal dystonia
• neuroimaging
• functional mri
• voxel-based morphometry
• positron emission tomography