Parkinson’s Disease

Congratulations Dr. Nikolaus McFarland on the publication of “A New MRI Measure to Early Differentiate Progressive Supranuclear Palsy From De Novo Parkinson’s Disease in Clinical Practice: An International Study.”  This paper was published in the November 2020 issue of Movement Disorders. ABSTRACT Background Enlargement of the third ventricle has been…

Congratulations Bonnie M. Scott, Robert S. Eisinger, Matthew R. Burns, Janine Lopes, Michael S. Okun, Aysegul…

Congratulations Takashi Tsuboi, Adolfo Ramirez-Zamora, Janine Lemos Melo Lobo Jofili Lopes, Leonardo Almeida, Pamela Zeilman, Robert Eisinger, Kelly Foote, and Michael Okun for you publication of “Pallidal Connectivity Profiling of Stimulation‐Induced Dyskinesia in Parkinson’s Disease,” in the October issue of Movement Disorders.   ABSTRACT Objectives The aim of this study…

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…

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 Dr. Kenneth Heilman, on the publication of “Hugo Liepmann, Parkinson’s disease and upper limb apraxia,” in the July 21st issue of Cortex. Abstract It has now been 100 years since Hugo Liepmann, in his classic 1920 paper described limb kinetic, ideomotor, and ideational apraxia. There are now several…

Congratulations to Drs Patel, Legacy, Hegland, Okun and Herndon on the publication of “A comprehensive review of the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson’s disease dysphagia and aspiration,” in the July issue of Journal Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. ABSTRACT Introduction Bulbar dysfunction is common in Parkinson’s disease (PD) with…

The prevalence of Parkinson disease is increasing more rapidly than other neurological disorders, and is estimated to affect nearly 1 million Americans and more than 6 million people worldwide. A new review in the Journal of the Medical Association (JAMA) co-authored by Melissa Armstrong, M.D., MSc, director of the Mangurian…

Congratulations Dr. Nikolaus McFarland on the publication of “A turn for the worse: Turning performance in Parkinson’s disease and Essential tremor,” which will be published in the December 2019 issue of Clinical Biomechanics. Abstract Background Turning is an activity of daily living known to elicit falls in older…

Congratulations Drs. Michael Okun, Kelly Foote, Jamie Roper, Chris Hass, Leili Shahgholi, Aparna Wagle Shukla, and Leonardo Almedia on the publication of “Square Biphasic Pulse Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease: The BiP-PD Study,” which was published in the latest edition of Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.   Background Conventional Parkinson’s…