The pull test in healthy subjects: Quantitative, posturographic and electromyographic analysis
Objective: To study the destabilizing force needed to reach the limit of stability (LoS), the displacements of the center of pressure (CoP) and the postural…Selective activation of excitatory cell groups in the medial medulla differentially affects spatial-temporal gait parameters
Objective: To study the role of excitatory neurons in the ventromedial medulla in gait using Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs. Background: The medial…Negative emotional signals impair isometric force control in Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To investigate the effect of sustained exposure to negative emotional stimuli on isometric grip-force control in Parkinson's disease (PD). Background: Recent animal studies have…Dopamine and task-dependent evolution of oscillatory activity in the subthalamic nucleus (STN) and coupling between the STN local field potential and muscle activity in Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To investigate how subthalamic nucleus local field potentials (STN-LFP) and coupling between STN-LFP and electromyogram (EMG) in static and phasic movements are modulated by…Alterations in muscle synergies in early stage Parkinson’s disease
Objective: Identify whether muscle synergies are altered in stage I Parkinson's disease (PD). Background: Muscle synergies have been proposed as a mechanism utilized by the…Neurophysiological assessment of corticospinal tract activation due to subthalamic deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To assess current spread to the corticospinal tract (CST) in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) treated with bilateral Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) of the…Assessment of brainstem function with blink reflex variations in Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To assess the brainstem function with different variations of blink reflex studies in Parkinson's disease (PD). Background: Although PD presents principally as a movement…Triple stimulation technique findings in patients with Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy
Objective: This study aims to evaluate the cortico-spinal tract impairment in PD and multiple system atrophy (MSA) Parkinsonian variant using triple stimulation technique (TST). Background:…Simultaneous symptomatic onset of Parkinson’s disease and myasthenia gravis
Objective: To examine a case of acute, simultaneous presentation of Parkinson's disease (PD) and Myasthenia Gravis (MG). Background: PD is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by…L-dopa-responsive, diurnally fluctuating auricular tremor with tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) deficiency
Objective: To report a patient with L-dopa-responsive, diurnally fluctuating auricular tremor with tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) deficiency. Background: Although segmental dystonia of the cranial muscles is recognized,…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.