Congratulations Drs. Janine Lopes, and Michael Okun on the publication of “Pavlovian bias in Parkinson’s disease: an objective marker of impulsivity that modulates with deep brain stimulation.” This article was published in the August edition of Scientific Reports. Abstract Impulsivity is a common symptom in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Adaptive behavior…
Seven University of Florida neuroscientists have earned Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Trust Bridge Funds, which support developing research programs that demonstrated financial need in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.The awards will ensure continuity of lab personnel and core research teams and enable continued research that will lead…
Congratulations to Drs. Matthew Burns and Nikolaus McFarland on the publication of “Current Management and Emerging Therapies in Multiple System Atrophy,” in the August edition of Neurotherapeutics. Abstract Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease variably associated with motor, nonmotor, and autonomic symptoms, resulting from putaminal and…
Congratulations Drs. Takashi Tsuboi, James H Cauraugh, Joshua K Wong, Michael S Okun, and Adolfo Ramirez-Zamora on the publication of “Quality of life outcomes after globus pallidus internus deep brain stimulation in idiopathic or inherited isolated dystonia: a meta-analysis,” in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry.
Living with Parkinson’s Facebook Live with Tips from the newly released book! Lot’s of pearls for better living. Living with Parkinson's Facebook Live with Tips from the newly released book! Lot's of pearls for better living. … Posted by Michael Okun on Tuesday, August…
Thank you to the Eagles who have been raising money all over Florida to support our cause at the Norman Fixel Institute You are heroes! Thank you for your hard work! …
Congratulations Dr. Okun on the publication of your case report “Deep Brain Stimulation Target Selection in Co-Morbid Essential Tremor and Parkinson’s Disease,” in Tremor and Other Hyperkentic Movements. Abstract Clinical Vignette: A 64-year-old man with essential tremor (ET) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) presented with medically refractory, large amplitude, debilitating rest…
Congratulations to Stephanie Cernera, Robert S. Eisinger, Joshua K. Wong, Kwo Wei David Ho, Janine Lobo Lopes, …
Congratulations Drs. Kai‐Liang Wang, Joshua K. Wong, Robert S. Eisinger, Christine Smith, Wei Hu, Aparna Wagle Shukla, Christopher W. Hess, Michael S. Okun and Adolfo Ramirez‐Zamora on the publication of “Therapeutic Advances in the Treatment of Holmes Tremor: Systematic Review,” in the June issue of Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural…
UF Health Shands Hospital placed a remarkable nine specialties in the Top 50 of U.S. News & World Report’s 2020-21 Best Hospitals, a feat seldom achieved by the vast majority of the 5,000 hospitals around the nation analyzed in the annual U.S. News report. No other hospital in Florida placed…
