Advances in Parkinson's disease: 200 years later

NLG Del Rey, A Quiroga-Varela, E Garbayo… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
When James Parkinson described the classical symptoms of the disease he could hardly
foresee the evolution of our understanding over the next two hundred years. Nowadays …

Motor and N onmotor C omplications of L evodopa: P henomenology, R isk F actors, and I maging F eatures

K Ray Chaudhuri, W Poewe, D Brooks - Movement Disorders, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Despite enormous advances in our current understanding of PD since James Parkinson
described the “shaking palsy” 200 years ago, l‐dopa, in clinical use since the 1960s …

REM behavior disorder predicts motor progression and cognitive decline in Parkinson disease

G Pagano, R De Micco, T Yousaf, H Wilson… - Neurology, 2018 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To investigate whether REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is associated with
worse motor and cognitive decline in Parkinson disease (PD) Methods Four-hundred twenty …

Wrist sensor-based tremor severity quantification in Parkinson's disease using convolutional neural network

HB Kim, WW Lee, A Kim, HJ Lee, HY Park… - Computers in biology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Tremor is a commonly observed symptom in patients of Parkinson's disease (PD), and
accurate measurement of tremor severity is essential in prescribing appropriate treatment to …

[HTML][HTML] A detailed clinical study of pain in 1957 participants with early/moderate Parkinson's disease

MA Silverdale, C Kobylecki, L Kass-Iliyya… - Parkinsonism & related …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction The causes of pain in early/moderate Parkinson's disease (PD) are not well
understood. Although peripheral factors such as rigidity, reduced joint movements and poor …

Effects of exercise on non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease

AW Amara, AA Memon - Clinical therapeutics, 2018 - Elsevier
Patients with Parkinson's disease experience disabling non-motor symptoms, including
autonomic dysfunction, cognitive decline, and sleep disorders. Pharmacologic treatments for …

ER lipid defects in neuropeptidergic neurons impair sleep patterns in Parkinson's disease

JS Valadas, G Esposito, D Vandekerkhove… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Parkinson's disease patients report disturbed sleep patterns long before motor dysfunction.
Here, in parkin and pink1 models, we identify circadian rhythm and sleep pattern defects …

Pain in Parkinson's disease: facts and uncertainties

A Antonini, M Tinazzi, G Abbruzzese… - European journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Pain is one of the most common and troublesome non‐motor symptoms of Parkinson's
disease (PD). It can appear at any time during the disease and is often present before …

Correlation among olfactory function, motors' symptoms, cognitive impairment, apathy, and fatigue in patients with Parkinson's disease

C Masala, P Solla, A Liscia, G Defazio, L Saba… - Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Although Parkinson's disease (PD) is usually considered as a movement disorder, it is
strongly associated with non-motor symptoms (NMS), including smell and taste dysfunctions …

Impact of tremor on patients with early stage Parkinson's disease

LE Heusinkveld, ML Hacker, M Turchan… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Tremor is one of the most visible features of Parkinson's disease (PD), and the majority of
PD patients experience tremor during the course of the disease. However, the distress …