ALLMedicine™ Movement Disorders Center

Jan 20th, 2021 - Primary familial brain calcification (PFBC) is a neurological condition characterized by the presence of intracranial calcifications, mainly involving basal ganglia, thalamus, and dentate nuclei. So far, six genes have been linked to this conditio...

Jan 18th, 2021 - Besides cognitive and psychiatric abnormalities, motor symptoms are the most prominent in Huntington's disease. The manifest disease is preceded by a prodromal phase with subtle changes such as fine motor disturbances or concentration problems. Mo...

Jan 17th, 2021 - When patients lead: An editorial to 'self-concocted, curious, and creative coping strategies in movement disorders' by Mulroy et al.|2021|Margolius A,Fernandez HH,|

Jan 16th, 2021 - Since the discovery of the C9orf72 repeat expansion as the most common genetic cause of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, it has increasingly been associated with a wider spectrum of phenotypes, including other types...

Jan 16th, 2021 - Therapeutic Advances in Movement Disorders.|2021|Tanner CM,Ostrem JL,|

May 5th, 2020 - Movement disorders and neurodegenerative diseases are a variety of conditions that involve progressive neuronal degeneration, injury, or death. Establishing the correct diagnosis of a movement disorder or neurodegenerative process can be difficult...

Oct 8th, 2019 - International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders (MDS) 2019: Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from MDS 2019

Sep 25th, 2019 - On behalf of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS), we are pleased to welcome you to the International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders. Nice is a charming, picturesque city nestled on the southeast ...

Jul 2nd, 2018 - Symptoms of Parkinson’s disease have been controlled with levodopa for many years; however, motor complications consisting of wearing off of medication effect and dyskinesias tend to occur within a few years of starting levodopa. Motor complicatio...

Oct 31st, 2012 - The main results include (1) polysomnography combined with the multiple sleep latency test is useful for evaluating disorders of excessive somnolence to objectively quantify sleepiness. The results have to be interpreted with consideration of the.

Jan 20th, 2021 - Primary familial brain calcification (PFBC) is a neurological condition characterized by the presence of intracranial calcifications, mainly involving basal ganglia, thalamus, and dentate nuclei. So far, six genes have been linked to this conditio...

Jan 18th, 2021 - Besides cognitive and psychiatric abnormalities, motor symptoms are the most prominent in Huntington's disease. The manifest disease is preceded by a prodromal phase with subtle changes such as fine motor disturbances or concentration problems. Mo...

Jan 17th, 2021 - When patients lead: An editorial to 'self-concocted, curious, and creative coping strategies in movement disorders' by Mulroy et al.|2021|Margolius A,Fernandez HH,|

Jan 16th, 2021 - Since the discovery of the C9orf72 repeat expansion as the most common genetic cause of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, it has increasingly been associated with a wider spectrum of phenotypes, including other types...

Jan 16th, 2021 - Therapeutic Advances in Movement Disorders.|2021|Tanner CM,Ostrem JL,|

Oct 28th, 2020 - It may be possible to diagnose Parkinson's disease with a skin test, a new study suggests. For the study, researchers used a chemical assay to detect clumping of the protein alpha-synuclein, a hallmark of Parkinson's disease, in autopsy skin sampl...

Sep 20th, 2020 - Adding a low dose of the anti-arrhythmic drug flecainide to modafinil alleviated excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in some patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), a new study suggests. "This association may improve wakefulness and cognition proba...

Sep 17th, 2020 - Answer 2/5 Among those with AADC deficiency who experience oculogyric crises regularly, which of the following is most accurate? Your peers chose: They recur every 2-5 days on average 0% They only appear in the presence of hypotonia 0% Symptoms ge...

Sep 17th, 2020 - The enzyme aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) is involved in the synthesis of neurotransmitters. Patients born with AADC deficiency, which is an ultrarare, autosomal recessive neurometabolic disorder, may be asymptomatic at birth but can e...

Sep 17th, 2020 - The enzyme aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) is involved in the synthesis of neurotransmitters. Patients born with AADC deficiency, which is an ultrarare, autosomal recessive neurometabolic disorder, may be asymptomatic at birth but can e...