The value of the Tau/α-synuclein ratio and TNF-α in cerebrospinal fluid, and of plasma IL-6, in the diagnosis and prognosis of Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To evaluate cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of proteins associated with neuropathological inclusions and ratios among them and CSF and plasma levels of inflammation-related proteins…Evaluation of spike sorting algorithms applied to artificial spikes and to spikes recorded from the Subthalamic Nucleus of PD patients
Objective: To evaluate the variability in spike sorting results using different clustering algorithms Background: Extracellular currents recorded from the Subthalamic Nucleus (STN) of PD patients,…Listen to your heart: ordinal pattern statistics reveal altered cardiac rhythm dynamics in LRRK2-nonmanifesting carriers
Objective: To assess the complexity of heart rate variability (HRV) dynamics in LRRK2-nonmanifesting carriers compared to healthy individuals. Background: Cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction is an early…Pharmacological modulation of mGluR5 improves dyskinesias mediated by D1 but not D2 receptor stimulation.
Objective: To determine whether pharmacological inhibition of metabotropic glutamate receptor type 5 (mGluR5) can improve dyskinesias mediated by D1- or D2-type dopamine (DA) receptors (D1R…Beneficial and Protective Effects of Withania Someniferais On Mice Brain: A Therapeutic Potential Drug for Parkinson’s Disease
Objective: Objective of our study was evaluate effect of Withania Someniferais leaves on Parkinsons brain of mice Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD), an age-related disorder, is…Altered somtatosensory cortex neuronal activity in a rat model of Parkinson`s disease and levodopa-induced dyskinesias
Objective: In this study, we explored the neuronal firing activity of excitatory pyramidal cells and inhibitory interneurons in the forelimb region of the primary somatosensory…Impaired intracortical inhibition is associated with reduced hand dexterity in Parkinson’s disease patients
Objective: To check whether hand dexterity in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients is linked with motor cortex excitability and plasticity. Background: Hand dexterity is impaired in…Parkinson’s disease disrupts motor skill learning that requires improvement of a speed-accuracy trade-off
Objective: 1) To test whether PD reduces the ability to improve motor acuity (speed-accuracy trade-off performance) in goal-directed movements; 2) To examine the effect of…Dynamic stability during turning in people with Parkinson’s disease
Objective: The goal of this study is to determine the contributions of dyskinesia to abnormal turning mechanisms. Background: The ability to turn safely while…Goal-Directed Movement in Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease and the effect of Parkin Mutations
Objective: To investigate goal-directed behavior in people with Parkinson’s disease (with and without Parkin mutations) and healthy controls using a computer based task. Background: In…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.