Dr. Paula Coutinho’s Seminal Contributions to the Understanding of Machado-Joseph’s Disease
Objective: To recognize the contributions of Dr. Paula Coutinho to Neurology through her studies of Machado-Joseph’s disease (SCA3) Background: One of the unique opportunities in…Safinamide improves both motor and non-motor symptoms in fluctuating Parkinson’s Disease patients.
Objective: To investigate the efficacy of safinamide, compared to placebo, as add-on therapy to stable doses of levodopa, on both motor and non-motor symptoms in…Clinical characteristics of Parkinson’s disease developed from essential tremor
Objective: The objective of this study is to compare the clinical characteristics of Parkinson’s disease developed from essential tremor (ET-PD) with the clinical characteristics of…Fluvoxamine maleate normalizes striatal neuronal inflammatory cytokine activity in a Parkinsonian rat model associated with depression
Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate how fluvoxamine maleate treatment regulates depressive-like symptoms, motor impairments and the expressions of IL-1beta, IL-6, IL-10…Investigation of Non-Motor Symptoms Impacting Care Dependency in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease
Objective: To examine what extent non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD) predict care dependence in individuals with PD. Background: The main aim of medical management…Interrelation between chronic pain syndrome and cognitive and affective disturbances in patients with Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To study interrelation of chronic pain syndrome and cognitive and affective disorders in patients with PD Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by well-known…Gastrointestinal transit time in Parkinson’s disease -a novel 3D method
Objective: To study the GI transit time with a novel ambulatory electromagnetic system in PD patients and healthy controls. Background: The majority of Parkinson’s disease…Pancreatic polypeptide plasma levels in Parkinson’s disease – a marker of parasympathetic denervation
Objective: To study plasma PP concentration during sham feeding in PD patients and healthy controls, as a measure of pancreatic vagal innervation. Background: Most patients…Validation of the Utility of Brief Smell Identification Test Simplified Chinese Version 2 in Chinese Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To validate the utility and efficiency of Brief Smell Identification Test Simplified Chinese Version 2 (B-SIT CV2) in Chinese Parkinson's disease patients and investigate…Circadian and Homeostatic Modulation of Multi-unit Activity in Dopaminergic and Striatal Structures
Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the circadian and homeostatic modulation of the multi-unit activity of dopamineric and striatal neuronal structures. Background:…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.