Congratulations to Drs. Joshua Wong, Nikolaus McFarland, and Adlofo Ramierz-Zamora on the publication of “Characterizing Disease Progression inParkinson’s Disease from Videos of the Finger Tapping Test,’ which appears in IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL SYSTEMS AND REHABILITATION ENGINEERING. Abstract— Introduction: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by motor symptoms whose progression…
Congratulations to Matthew A. Remz, Joshua K. Wong, Justin D. Hilliard, Tracy Tholanikunnel, Ashley E. Rawls and Michael S. Okun on the publication of “Identification and Management of Persistent Stimulation-Induced Dyskinesia Associated with STN DBS: The See-Saw Dilemma,” which was published in the August 28th edition of Tremor and Other…
Congratulations to Drs. Joshua Wong and Michael Okun on the publication of “Connectomic imaging to predict and prevent cognitive decline after subthalamic DBS: next steps,” in the April issue of Brain. This scientific commentary refers to ‘A brain network for deep brain stimulation induced cognitive decline in Parkinson’s…
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…
Congratulations Drs. Vanessa Holanda, Michael Okun, Margaret E Barry, and Kelly Foote, on the publication of “Postmortem Dissections of Common Targets for Lesion and Deep Brain Stimulation Surgeries,” in the August edition of Neurosurgery. Abstract BACKGROUND The subthalamic nucleus (STN), globus pallidus internus (GPi), and pedunculopontine…
Congratulations to Drs. Joshua K. Wong, Kwo Wei David Ho, Matthew Broderick, Adolfo Ramirez-Zamora, Leonardo Almeida, Aparna Wagle Shukla, Christina A. Wilson,and Michael S. Okun on the publication of “STN vs. GPi deep brain stimulation for tremor suppression in Parkinson disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis” in the August 2018 edition…
