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  • 2018 International Congress

    Effect of multiple sessions of transcranial direct current stimulation in Writer’s cramp: Does it hold promise?

    S. Jaiswal, S. Choudhury, S. Halder, M. Baker, S. Baker, H. Kumar (Kolkata, India)

    Objective: To assess the effect of 5 days of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on spiral drawing in Writer’s Cramp patients. Background: Writer’s cramp (WC)…
  • 2018 International Congress

    Incidence of Parkinson’s disease: Pooled analysis of six high-quality incidence studies with long-term follow-up

    A. Macleod, M. Camacho, J. Evans, C. Williams-Gray, R. Lawson, L. Forsgren, G. Alves, O.B. Tysnes, C. Counsell (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)

    Objective: To describe the incidence of Parkinson’s disease (PD); to investigate whether the male:female ratio of incident PD varies with age; and to set up…
  • 2018 International Congress

    A nationwide epidemiological study of Parkinson’s disease in Korea using national health insurance database

    WW. Lee, B. Jeon, BK. Kim, HJ. Kim (Seoul, Republic of Korea)

    Objective: To investigate the incidences and prevalences, and those male-to-female ratios of PD patients in Korea. Background: The epidemiological studies of Parkinson’s disease (PD) are…
  • 2018 International Congress

    Neuronal correlates of oculomotor alterations in Huntington’s disease. A 18-FDG PET study

    J. Perez, S. Martinez Horta, F. Sampedro, J. Pagonabarraga, A. Horta, D. Lopez Mora, A. Lozano, V. Camacho, B. Gomez-Anson, J. Kulisevsky (Barcelona, Spain)

    Objective: To explore the neuroanatomical correlates of the oculomotor abnormalities in Huntington's disease (HD) through a 18-FDG PET study Background: Alterations of the oculomotor function…
  • 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…
  • 2018 International Congress

    Severe Gliosis following PPN-DBS

    V. Vedam-Mai, A. Elkouzi, B. Malhotra, S. Raman, A. Yachnis, K. Foote, M. Okun (Gainesville, FL, USA)

    Objective: Neuropathological investigation of tissue changes in a case with pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) DBS placed to address axial Parkinson’s disease symptoms and freezing of gait.…
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