Buildings are constantly exposed to temperature changes. Daily heating and cooling, seasonal variation, and long-term climate patterns all cause materials to expand and contract. While these ...

Anticholinergics are effective for some drug-induced movement disorders and not others because the mechanisms differ. Though patients may present with similar symptoms, not all drug-induced movement ...

Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (CI therapy) is a physical rehabilitation approach designed to improve motor recovery and increase extremity use following neuromuscular injury such as stroke, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. recently presented data on comorbidities, polypharmacy and treatment patterns of ...

Akathisia is a common movement disorder associated with the use of antipsychotic medications. Ladislav Hakovec, a neuropathology professor at the University of Prague, coined the word akathisia as a ...

This case highlights vitamin E’s potential as an effective adjunct treatment for patients with antipsychotic-induced motor symptoms resistant to standard therapies. Vitamin E has shown significant ...

Tardive dyskinesia, or TD, is a drug-induced movement disorder that can occur in individuals taking certain medications that block dopamine receptors in the brain. Most commonly, cases of TD are ...

Differentiating tardive dyskinesia from other movement disorders can be challenging. "One major criterion is the history of exposure to neuroleptic medications," said Jeff Bronstein, MD, PhD, of the ...

Induced Vertical Break, or IVB, is the amount of movement a pitcher generates from how he spins the baseball. IVB removes the effects of gravity, and reports only the amount of "rise" or "drop" the ...

Substance-induced mood disorders, or mental disorders, are persistent mental health conditions impacting mood that stem from the physiological effects of substances, certain medications, heavy metals, ...