"Dystonia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An attitude or posture due to the co-contraction of agonists and antagonist muscles in one region of the body. It most often affects the large axial muscles of the trunk and limb girdles. Conditions which feature persistent or recurrent episodes of dystonia as a primary manifestation of disease are referred to as DYSTONIC DISORDERS. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p77)
| Descriptor ID |
D004421
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.350.300 C23.888.592.350.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Dystonia- Dystonia
- Muscle Dystonia
- Dystonia, Muscle
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Dystonia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Dystonia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 1998 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2014 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dystonia" by people in Profiles.
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Olivocerebellar circuit development as a substrate for dystonia pathogenesis. Curr Top Dev Biol. 2026; 167:379-411.
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Segmental and Multifocal Isolated Dystonias: Similarities and Differences. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2026 Mar; 13(3):748-756.
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Rare but Relevant? Assessing Variants in Dystonia-Linked Genes in Parkinson's Disease. Mov Disord. 2026 Jan; 41(1):247-259.
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Cerebellar dysfunction in a mouse model of childhood-onset manganese-induced dystonia parkinsonism. Neurobiol Dis. 2025 11; 216:107115.
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Genetic Diversity and Expanded Phenotypes in Dystonia: Insights From Large-Scale Exome Sequencing. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2025 Aug; 12(8):1648-1659.
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Definition and Classification of Dystonia. Mov Disord. 2025 Jul; 40(7):1248-1259.
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Thalamic deep brain stimulation improves movement in a cerebellar model of lesion-based status dystonicus. Neurotherapeutics. 2025 Mar; 22(2):e00543.
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Pregnancy in Dystonia or Tourette's Patients with DBS. Fourteen News Cases and a Review of the Literature. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2025 Jan; 12(1):82-88.
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Cerebellar deep brain stimulation as a dual-function therapeutic for restoring movement and sleep in dystonic mice. Neurotherapeutics. 2024 Oct; 21(6):e00467.
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Genetic Risk Factors in Isolated Dystonia Escape Genome-Wide Association Studies. Mov Disord. 2024 Nov; 39(11):2110-2116.