Identifying the genetic components underlying the pathophysiology of movement disorders.

ABSTRACT: Movement disorders are a heterogeneous group of neurological conditions, few of which have been classically described as bona fide hereditary illnesses (Huntington's chorea, for instance). Most are considered to be either sporadic or to feature varying degrees of familial aggregation (parkinsonism and dystonia). In the late twentieth century, Mendelian monogenic mutations were found for movement disorders with a clear and consistent family history. Although important, these findings apply only to very rare forms of movement disorders. Already in the twenty-first century, and taking advantage of the modern developments in genetics and molecular biology, growing attention is being paid to the complex genetics of movement disorders. The search for risk genetic variants (polymorphisms) in larg

SUBMITTER: Ezquerra M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3681180 | biostudies-literature | 2011

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature