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Congratulations to all of the recipients for this year's Mini-Moonshot Grants at the University of Florida

Basic/Translational Science Awards

• Targeting globus pallidus parvalbumin-positive neurons in DYT1 dystonia.

        Investigators: Drs. Fumiaki Yokoi and team

• Expression profile of individual muscarinic receptors in the cerebellum of a mouse model of DYT1 dystonia.

       Investigators: Drs. Mark Moehle and team

• Development of conditional rescue mouse model for DYT1 dystonia.

       Investigators: Drs. Yuqing Li and team


Clinical Science Awards

• Uncovering pathological brain rhythms in dystonia: from biomarkers to effective neuromodulation.

       Investigators: Drs. Aysegul Gunduz and team

• The pallido-cortical network and neuromodulatory effects in dystonia.

​        Investigators: Drs. Leonardo Almeida and team

• Uncovering cortical markers for dystonia with high density EEG recordings and correlation with pallidal and EMG signals

​​       Investigators: Drs. Coralie De Hemptinne and team

• Evaluation of vestibular function in patients with cervical dystonia managed with botulinum toxin injections.

       Investigators: Drs. Ashley Rawls and team

• Effects of low-frequency and interleaved stimulation in dystonia patients with bilateral globus pallidus internus deep brain stimulation.

       Investigators: Drs. Wei Hu and team

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Tyler's Hope Foundation was established to advance research for a cure and to discover effective treatments of dystonia.

Tyler's Hope is about raising awareness of dystonia so no other child has to experience what Tyler and Samantha went through to be diagnosed.

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