Annals of Clinical and Experimental NeurologyAnnals of Clinical and Experimental Neurology2075-54732409-2533Research Center of Neurology27010.17816/psaic270UnknownRole of modern neuroimaging in the studies of focal dystoniaTimerbaevaSofia L.sofia@neurology.ruResearch Center of Neurology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences1006201262485402022017Copyright © 2012, Timerbaeva S.L.2012<p>Presented is a detailed analysis of different modern neuroimagingtechnologies used for studying pathophysiological mechanismsand morpho-physiological substrate of primary focal dystonia.Main attention is paid to functional MRI and voxel-basedmorphometry. Various applications of these methods for the purposesof basic neurology and neurophysiology, as well as for controlof the effects of ongoing treatment, are summarized and discussed.</p>
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