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Congratulations Drs. Joshua Wong, Kelly Foote, Dawn Bowers, and Gregory Pontone, on the publication of “Pallidal beta power is associated with depression in Parkinson’s disease,” which appears as a preprint in the February Issue of NPJ. Abstract Depression is increasingly recognized as a prevalent source of disability in individuals with…
Join us for the next MBI Insights event, “The Resilient Brain: Patient Journeys & Neuroplasticity.” This engaging discussion will feature parent and caregiver Suzanne Weitzel and patient Carly Pfeiffer as they share their experiences in neurological recovery with MBI Science Writer Michelle Jaffee. This event promises to be meaningful and inspiring as we highlight the real-world impact of the…
Congratulations to Drs. Melissa Armstrong and David Vaillencourt, on the publication of “Combination of Plasma Beta Amyloid 42/40 and P-tau217 in the Assessment of Alzheimer’s Disease, ” which appears in the April edition of Neurology. Abstract Background: Up to now, there are no clinically available minimally invasive biomarkers to accurately identify…
Congratulations to Dr. Joshua Wong on the publication of “Towards accredited clinical training in brain stimulation: Proceedings from the Brain Stimulation Subspecialty Summits,” which appears in the February issue of Brain Stimulation. Abstract The rapid development and clinical use of brain stimulation has renewed debates about whether to define and…
Congratulations to Dr. David Vaillancourt on the publication of “Transcallosal white matter and cortical gray matter variations in autistic adults aged 30–73 years,” which appears in the March issue of Molecular Autism. Abstract Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a lifelong condition that profoundly impacts health, independence, and quality…
Congratulations to Dr. David Vaillancourt on the publication of “Development and clinical validation of blood-based multibiomarker models for the evaluation of brain amyloid pathology,” which appears as a preprint in medRxiv’s February 28th Issue. ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Plasma biomarkers provide new tools to evaluate patients with mild cognitive impairment…
Congratulations to Drs. Michael Okun, Kelly Foote and Aysegul Gunduz on the publication of “A RESPONSIVE DBS APPROACH TO TREAT FREEZING OF GAIT,” which appears in the January/February issue of Brain Stimulation. Abstract Treating medication-refractory freezing of gait (FoG) in Parkinson’s disease (PD) remains challenging despite several trials reporting improvements…
Congratulations to Drs. David Vaillancourt, Nikolas McFarland, and Michael Okun on the publication of “Automated Imagining Differentiation for Parkinsonism,” which appears in the March issue of JAMA Neurology. Abstract Importance Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) paired with appropriate disease-specific machine learning holds promise for the clinical differentiation of Parkinson disease (PD), multiple…
Congratulations to Drs. Maeve E. Krueger, Jake Sondag Boles, Zachary D. Simon, Stephan D. Alvarez, Nikolaus R. McFarland, and Michael S. Okun on the publication of “Comparative analysis of Parkinson’s and inflammatory bowel disease gut microbiomes reveals shared butyrate-producing bacteria depletion,” which appears in the March issue of NPJ Parkinson’s Disease.
Congratulations to Drs. Robert Eisinger, Michael Okun and Aysegul Gunduz on the publication of “Motivational disturbances and cognitive effort-based decision-making in Parkinson’s disease,” which appears in the May issue of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders. Abstract Background Motivational disturbances, such as apathy and impulse control disorders (ICDs), frequently co-occur in patients…
