Athetoid cerebral palsy is a type of cerebral palsy that causes uncontrollable muscle movements. It’s present in infancy or childhood and may be more severe than other types of cerebral palsy.

Athetosis and chorea are two types of involuntary movements that can occur in children and adults with neurological conditions, such as cerebral palsy. The movements have different features, and the ...

Tardive dyskinesia is a medication-induced movement disorder that causes uncontrollable muscle movements in the face, neck, and limbs. Symptoms may continue even after stopping the medication. Tardive ...

Voluntary muscles can be controlled by the person, like muscles in your neck and legs. Involuntary muscles work without you thinking about it, like your heart and stomach muscles. Skeletal muscles ...

A scientific review on autoimmune neurological diseases reveals what occurs in our body when the immune system, by mistake, produces antibodies that target a protein essential for the normal ...

There is something uniquely unsettling about waking up in the middle of the night with a sharp pull in the calf. One moment ...

Those seemingly random kicks or wiggles a newborn baby makes have a purpose. With each movement, the baby is developing its sensorimotor system, which it will later use to perform sequential movements ...