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Gender differences in DBS decision making Apr 07, 2025

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Dr. Sara Schaefer discusses with Dr. Michelle Fullard the similarities and differences in how men and women with Parkinson's disease approach the decision of whether or not to undergo deep brain stimulation. Read the article.

Focused ultrasound for cervical dystonia Feb 17, 2025

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Dr. Shiro Horisawa discusses the latest clinical trial results on MR-guided focused ultrasound pallidothalamic tractotomy for cervical dystonia. He explores the technique's limitations, future prospects, and how it compares to existing therapeutic options. Read the article.

Genetic dystonias and understanding molecular pathways • 2024 MDS Congress Oct 07, 2024

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Prof. Michael Zech takes a dive into his talk on gene discovery in dystonia. He explains how new findings can provide insight into the pathophysiology of dystonia and improve patient care and treatment.

Essential tremor and dystonia: the TITAN study Aug 26, 2024

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Dr. Sara Schaefer interviews Dr. Roberto Erro on the phenotypic characteristics of essential tremor, essential tremor with soft dystonic signs, and tremor combined with dystonia through analysis of The Italian tremor Network (TITAN) data. Read the article.

Exploring postural control in functional motor disorders using virtual reality Jul 29, 2024

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In this episode, Drs. Gandolfi and Tinazzi discuss how virtual reality can be used as a therapeutic tool to modulate attention in patients with functional motor disorder, while measuring postural control. Read the article »

Functional Tic-Like Behaviors: A Common Comorbidity in Patients with Tourette Syndrome Jun 24, 2024

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Dr. Müller-Vahl joins the podcast to discuss her retrospective study examining the key features in differentiating Tourette syndrome and Functional tic-like behaviors and that comorbidity is far more common than originally thought. Read the article »

Erythrocytic α-synuclein and spreading pathology in Parkinson’s disease Feb 26, 2024

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Prof. Tiago Outeiro interviews Dr. Jing Zhang on his most recent paper in the Movement Disorder Journal on the erythrocytic alpha synuclein and the gut microbiome. Together they discuss alpha synuclein spreading pathology and the promising future of blood biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease.
Journal CME is available until March 02, 2025 Read the article.

Family history and genetic Alzheimer's risk and ties to Parkinson's disease Jan 02, 2024

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Dr. Sara Schaefer discusses with Prof. Xiang Gao and Xinming Xu on their study utilizing the UK biobank to explore the risk of Parkinson's disease as it relates to family history of Alzheimer's disease (AD) or dementia and to the polygenic risk score for AD. They further explore the common pathophysiological underpinnings for protein aggregation in the brain. Read the article

Expanded and Independent Spanish Validation of the MDS Non-Motor Rating Scale Nov 06, 2023

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Dr. Esther Cubo joins Dr. Sarah Lidstone and the MDS Podcast to discuss her recent work on the Spanish validation of the MDS Non-Motor Rating Scale. Together to go over the reasoning for this study, the extensive process of validating this scale and what benefits it will provide to Spanish speaking populations. Read the article
MDS Non-motor Rating Scale

Fine tuning DBS in Parkinson's disease. How much can we improve? Feb 07, 2020

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Dr. Viswas Dayal discusses with Dr. Michele Matarazzo how adjusting the pulse width of deep brain stimulation could impact Parkinson's disease, highlighting the results of the paper he recently published in the Movement Disorders journal. Read the article

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