Summary
PROJECT SUMMARY This proposal will determine whether increasing striatal cholinergic interneuron (ChI) activity in the developing mouse brain can prevent dystonia following neonatal brain injury . Dystonic cerebral palsy (CP) due to neonatal brain injury is the most common cause of childhood dystonia and is often medically refractory and functionally debilitating. Yet, its unique pathophysiology remains understudied. Dystonia pathophysiology is more commonly studied in models of rare genetic dystonias which are characterized by striatal ChI hyperexcitability. However, anticholinergic medicatio
