tagging a few on bluesky who might be interested - hope that's alright!
@michaelokun.bsky.social @andreashorn.org @bttyeo.bsky.social @julianneumann.bsky.social @ndosenbach.bsky.social

Huge thanks to my amazing co-authors, my DPT mentor Teresa Kimberley, and to the participants who made this research possible. 🙏
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In short:
🔹 SCAN appears central to focal dystonia, beyond affected body parts
🔹 Inspires a network-level target for new therapies
🔹 May help explain “task specificity” in dystonia symptoms
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We tested #SCAN - a recently identified M1 subregion linking cognitive intention to motor execution.

By individualizing cortical networks using both task and rest fMRI, we found shared functional connectivity changes that may inform #pathophysiology and #treatment targeting.
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Focal dystonia disrupts skilled tasks like speaking, writing, playing music.

But the central pathology has been unclear: is it effector-specific (hand vs larynx) or is there a shared brain network mechanism?
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