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Movement Disorders

Muhammad Ali and Young-Onset Idiopathic Parkinson Disease—The Missing Evidence

Congratulations to Dr. Okun on the publication of “Muhammad Ali and Young-Onset Idiopathic Parkinson Disease—The Missing Evidence.”  This paper was published in the October 24th edition of JAMA Neurology. Following Muhammad Ali’s death, there has been persistent dialogue about the degree to which Parkinson disease vs repetitive boxing-related head trauma…

Diagnosis and Treatment of Parkinson Disease: A Review

Congratulations Drs. Armstrong and Okun on the publication of “Diagnosis and Treatment of Parkinson Disease: A Review,” in this month’s issue of JAMA. Abstract Importance  Parkinson disease is the most common form of parkinsonism, a group of neurological disorders with Parkinson disease–like movement problems such as…

A widespread visually-sensitive functional network relates to symptoms in essential tremor

Congratulations to Drs. Okun, Wagle-Shukla and Vaillencourt on the publication of “A widespread visually-sensitive functional network relates to symptoms in essential tremor.”  This article was published in the December 22, 2017 issue of Brain; A Journal of Neurology.   Abstract Essential tremor is a neurological syndrome of heterogeneous pathology…

Reengineering Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders: Emerging Technologies

Congratulations Drs. Gunduz, Foote and Okun on the publication of “Reengineering Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders: Emerging Technologies,” in Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering’s September issue.   Abstract Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a neurosurgical technique, which consists of continuous delivery of an electrical pulse through chronically implanted electrodes…