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  • 2018 International Congress

    Movement and postural control in focal dystonia subjects measured using surface electromyography

    F. Chang, S. Babu, S. Kim, N. Mahant, O. Vucic, V. Fung (Wentworthville, Australia)

    Objective: To explore the difference in muscle activation during a postural versus movement control task in patients with focal dystonia. Background: Co-contraction of agonist and…
  • 2018 International Congress

    Disease Modeling of Lesch-Nyhan Disease Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

    D. Sutcliffe, A. Dinasarapu, M. Zwick, H. Jinnah (Atlanta, GA, USA)

    Objective: To create a resource of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) as models for exploring mechanisms of pathogenesis in Lesch-Nyhan disease (LND). Background: LND is…
  • 2018 International Congress

    Prodromal features of Parkinson’s disease in women

    K. Hughes, X. Gao, J. Baker, C. Stephen, I. Kim, L. Valeri, M. Schwarzschild, A. Ascherio (Boston, MA, USA)

    Objective: To identify how prodromal features interact to determine Parkinson’s disease (PD) risk in women. Background: The neuronal loss that leads to PD progresses insidiously…
  • 2018 International Congress

    Tendency towards being a “Morning person” increases risk of Parkinson’s disease: evidence from Mendelian randomisation

    A. Noyce, D. Kia, K. Heilbron, J. Jepson, G. Hemani, D. Hinds, D. Lawlor, G. Davey Smith, J. Hardy, A. Singleton, M. Nalls, N. Wood (London, United Kingdom)

    Objective: To explore the causal relationship between circadian rhythm and Parkinson's disease (PD), and coffee consumption and PD, using Mendelian randomisation (MR). Background: Circadian rhythm…
  • 2018 International Congress

    Parallel evaluation of mutant huntingtin and neurofilament light in Huntington’s disease

    L. Byrne, F. Rodrigues, E. Johnson, E. De Vita, C. Czech, S. Schobel, R. Scahill, A. Heslegrave, H. Zetterberg, W. Wild (London, United Kingdom)

    Objective: To assess cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) mutant Huntingtin (mHTT), and CSF and plasma neurofilament light (NfL) in Huntington’s disease (HD). Background: HD is a progressive…
  • 2018 International Congress

    Late onset Huntington’s disease in an Argentinian cohort

    M. Cesarini, J. Etcheverry, E. Gatto, J. Ziliani, G. Da Prat, N. Gonzalez Rojas, V. Parisi, G. Persi (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

    Objective: To describe the prevalence, clinical and molecular characteristics of a series of LOHD patients in an Argentinean cohort. Background: Late onset Huntington’s disease (LOHD)…
  • 2018 International Congress

    Auto-antibodies and clinical-imaging associations in patients with Movements Disorders from a Neurological Institute in Mexico

    H. Martinez-Hernandez, N. Gandarilla-Martinez, J. Flores-Rivera, O. Cardenas-Saenz, R. Garcia-Santos, V. Rivas, N. Kerik-Rotenberg, S. Vargas-Cañas, M. Espinola-Nadurille (Mexico City, Mexico)

    Objective: Determine the prevalence of systemic and anti-neuronal antibodies in Movement Disorders patients from a third-level neurological hospital. Background: Autoimmunity is a common cause of…
  • 2018 International Congress

    Metabolomic Profiling of Activated Microglial Cells

    V. Vedam-Mai, T. Domenick, E. Gill, T. Garrett, R. Yost, M. Okun (Gainesville, FL, USA)

    Objective: To investigate metabolomic changes in SIM-A9 microglia in vitro following exposure to neuroinflammatory insult using high resolution mass spectrometry. Background: Microglial cells play an…
  • 2018 International Congress

    Dopaminergic neurons in Substantia Nigra pars compacta code the vigor of movement sequences

    M. Mendonça, J. da Silva, L. Hernandez, I. Castela, J. Obeso, R. Costa (Lisboa, Portugal)

    Objective: Assess the correlates of movement vigor in Substantia Nigra dopaminergic neurons Background: Current basal ganglia models have focused on the role of dopamine in…
  • 2018 International Congress

    Acoustic, respiratory, cognitive and wellbeing comparisons of two groups of people with Parkinson’s disease participating in voice and choral singing group therapy (VCST) versus a music appreciation activity

    R. Matthews, S. Purdy, L. Tippett (Auckland, New Zealand)

    Objective: The aim of this two armed RCT is to evaluate how intensive singing improves the phonatory and respiratory muscle control of people with Parkinson's…
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