Tag: parkinson’s disease

Olfactory Dysfunction in Incidental Lewy Body Disease and Parkinson’s Disease: An Update
by Shemonti Hasan, MD; Charles H. Adler, MD, PhD; Nan Zhang, MS; Geidy E. Serrano, PhD; Lucia I. Sue, BS; Holly A. Shill, MD; Shyamal H. Mehta, MD, PhD; Thomas G. Beach, MD, PhD; and Erika D. Driver-Dunckley, MD Drs. Hasan, Adler, Mehta, and Driver-Dunckley are with the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, […]

Stroop Test for Parkinson’s Disease with Deep Brain Stimulation: A Systematic Review
by Amer Cavalheiro Hamdan, PhD, and Mariana Drabik Vieira, MSc Dr. Hamdan is with the Graduate Program in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Federal University of Parana in Curitiba, Brazil. Dr. Vieira is a psychologist, candidate to master’s in psychology, Department of Psychology, Graduate Program in Psychology, Federal University of Parana in Curitiba, Brazil. Funding: No […]

Abnormality of Contingent Negative Variation Correlates with Parkinson’s Disease Severity
by Plamen Tzvetanov, MD, Phd, DSc, FRCP; Ivan Lisichkov, MD, PhD; Rossen T. Rousseff MD, PhD; Vishwajit Hegde, MD, FRCP; and Sergey Kostadinov, MD, PhD Prof. Tzvetanov is with the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Broomfield Hospital Mid Essex Hospital Trust in Broomfield, United Kingdom. Dr. Lisichkov is with the Department of Neurology, Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment […]

Pimavanserin in the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis: Meta-analysis and Meta-regression of Randomized Clinical Trials
by Zeeshan Mansuri, MD, MPH; Abhishek Reddy, MD; Ramu Vadukapuram, MD; Chintan Trivedi, MD, MPH; and Amy Amara, MD, PhD Dr. Mansuri is with the Department of Psychiatry, Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Reddy is with the Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in Roanoke, Virginia. Dr. Vadukapuram is with […]

Letters to the Editor: What About Biomarkers for Parkinson’s Disease?
Dear Editor: Parkinson’s disease (PD) affects over 600,000 patients in the United States; these numbers might double by 2040, as the population of older people increases.1 Diagnostic clues include the signs of resting tremor, bradykinesia, muscle rigidity, and postural imbalance. However, these clinical indicators might be inaccurate much of the time. A low rate of […]

Innovative Approaches for Slowing Disease Progression in Parkinson’s Disease: Takeaways from the 14th Annual International Society for Central Nervous System Clinical Trials and Methodology Scientific Meeting
by Monica Javidnia, PhD; Mark Frasier, PhD; Ira Shoulson, MD; Ibrahim Turkoz, PhD; and Kumar Budur, MD, MS Drs. Javidnia and Shoulson are with the Center for Health + Technology and the Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York. Dr. Shoulson is also with Grey Matter Technologies in Sarasota, Florida. […]

Correlation Between the Movement Disorder Society’s Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale and Nonmotor Scales in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
by Erika D. Driver-Dunckley, MD; Nan Zhang, MS; Holly A. Shill, MD; Shyamal H. Mehta, MD, PhD; Christine M. Belden, PsyD; Edward Y. Zamrini, MD; Kathryn Davis; Thomas G. Beach, MD, PhD; and Charles H. Adler, MD, PhD Drs. Driver-Dunckley, Mehta, and Adler are with the Department of Neurology of the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement […]

Hot Topics in Neuroscience: Marijuana for Parkinson’s Disease?
by Diksha Mohanty, MD, and Steven Lippmann, MD Dr. Mohanty is Research Scholar and Dr. Lippmann is Emeritus Professor at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Abstract: Marijuana is popular in […]

Letter to the Editor: Looking Beyond the Obvious: Non-motor Parkinsonism
By Shivani Naik, MD; Murali Kolikonda, MD; Shanti Pittampalli, MD; Steven Lippmann, MD Funding/financial disclosures. The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this letter. No funding was received for the preparation of this letter. Innov Clin Neurosci. 2018;15(9–10):11–13 Dear Editor: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is second to Alzheimer’s disease as the most common neurodegenerative disease, […]

Effectiveness of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in Parkinsonian Symptoms: A Case Series
by Sandeep Grover, MD; Aditya Somani, MD; Neeru Sahni, MD; Sahil Mehta, DM; Swati Choudhary, MBBS; Rahul Kumar Chakravarty, MBBS; and Anju Moni Rabha, MBBS Drs. Grover, Somani, Sahni, Mehta, Choudhary, Chakravarty, and Rabha are with the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chadigarh in Chandigarh, India. Innov Clin Neurosci. 2017;15(1–2):23–27. FUNDING: No […]