Dysfunction in emotion processing underlies functional (psychogenic) dystonia.
Alberto J EspayThomas MaloneyJennifer VannestMatthew M NorrisJames C EliassenErin NeefusJane B AllendorferRobert ChenJerzy P SzaflarskiPublished in: Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society (2017)
Functional dystonia patients exhibited stimulus-dependent altered activation in networks involved in motor preparation and execution, spatial cognition, and attentional control. These results support the presence of network dysfunction in functional dystonia. © 2017 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.