Movement disorders represent one of the most neurologically rich and clinically challenging domains in healthcare. From Parkinson's disease and essential tremor to dystonia, chorea, and functional movement disorders, the breadth of presentations demands a level of mechanistic understanding that goes well beyond surface-level pattern recognition. This course, The Neurology of Movement, is designed specifically for licensed clinicians who are ready to operate at that higher level, integrating motor prediction theory, basal ganglia circuitry, cerebellar function, and clinical phenomenology into a unified, actionable framework.

At the core of this training is a systems-level approach to motor control. Clinicians explore the forward model and MOSAIC model of motor prediction, state estimation, and the cerebellar error-correction system before advancing into the anatomy and interconnectivity of the basal ganglia, direct and indirect pathways, the hyperdirect pathway, and the four primary cortico-basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical loops. The course then moves into clinical application covering the full spectrum of tremor classification, hyperkinetic dyskinesias including chorea, hemiballismus, myoclonus, athetosis, tics, and dystonia, hypokinetic disorders including Parkinson's disease and bradykinesia, drug-induced movement disorders, and the neuroscience of functional movement presentations. Assessment tools, timing neuroscience, and emerging rehabilitation strategies including rhythmic auditory stimulation and mirror visual feedback are woven throughout.