Daughter’s ataxia reveals father’s genetic Parkinsonism. The first reported case of Spinocerebellar ataxia -15 presenting with levodopa responsive hemi Parkinsonism
Objective: A 38 year old Australian florist of Anglo-Celtic origin described two years of difficulty using his right hand with associated sensory disturbance attributed initially…Investigating the influence of alpha-synuclein promoter (Rep1) polymorphism on cognition, disability and plasma alpha-synuclein levels in Parkinson’s disease
Objective: We sought to investigate the relationship between SNCA Rep1 allele length and cognitive, motor and disability scores in PD, as well with plasma alpha-synuclein…Levels of plasma alpha-synuclein as measured using Single Molecule Array technology is higher in Parkinson’s disease compared to controls and is not influenced by LRRK2 genotype
Objective: To investigate plasma alpha-synuclein levels in PD using ultra-sensitive protein detection technology, and to determine the association of plasma alpha-synuclein with cognitive, motor and…Pisa syndrome in Parkinson’s disease: Evidence for bilateral vestibulospinal dysfunction
Objective: To evaluate vestibular involvement in patients with Parkinson's disease and postural abnormalities. Background: Pisa syndrome (PS) is a peculiar postural complication typically occurring at…Further insights into excitatory-inhibitory balance of the primary motor cortex in Parkinson’s disease: A triple-pulse stimulation study
Objective: To characterize intracortical facilitation and inhibition of the primary motor cortex (M1) in Parkinson’s disease (PD) using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Background: Since introduction…Presynaptic dopamine depletion determines the timing of levodopa-induced dyskinesia onset in Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To investigated whether dopaminergic function in the nigrostriatal system is associated with the timing of levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) onset in Parkinson's disease (PD). Background:…Association between MAPT haplotype and hippocampal repetition suppression in Parkinson’s disease
Objective: We aimed to explore the relationship between the microtubule-associated tau gene (MAPT) haplotypes and response in the hippocampus to repeated stimuli in Parkinson’s disease…Prevalence of Autonomic dysfunction and its correlation with Clinico-imageological features in Parkinson’s Disease
Objective: To study the prevalence of autonomic dysfunction and to correlate with clinico-imageological features and to assess the impact of autonomic dysfunction on quality of…Does dopaminergic denervation of specific anatomical regions of the basal ganglia correlate with clinical features of Parkinsonism: A quantitative DaTscan study
Objective: To correlate different clinical features of parkinsonism with regional variations of presynaptic dopaminergic dysfunction of the basal ganglia using quantitative DaTscans. Background: DaT-SPECT imaging…Comparisons of cerebral glucose metabolism and striatal DAT binding in PD patients with and without RBD
Objective: This study aims to identify the differences of functional neuroimaging phenotype between Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients with REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) (PD+RBD+) and…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.