Meet #npjParkinsons new Deputy Editor for clinical research, Dr David Breen David Breen! Learn more about Dr Breen and his research in our Q&A at go.nature.com/3SwvLCy

This is the best sermon you’ll hear this Sunday. Enjoy some Padraig Harrington wisdom.

Apart from the fact I was losing my voice (!), I enjoyed the chat with Julie and Helga.

The Physio4FMD trial has been published in @LancetNeuro today. This study is the culmination of over 10 years of work from many collaborators. In this thread I will summarise this work and our findings. Jon Stone Louise Marston Rachael Maree Hunter thelancet.com/journals/laneu…

Congrats to Lundgaard Lab for putting on really successful Glymphatic Symposium last week in Lund. Fascinating new(ish) area of research into waste clearance system in the brain. Zanna Voysey

Good luck to the team who are cycling from Edinburgh to Iona next month to raise money for Cure Parkinson's. Support them if you can. justgiving.com/campaign/cpcel…

Safety and efficacy of memantine and trazodone versus placebo for motor neuron disease (MND SMART): stage two interim analysis from the first cycle of a phase 3, multiarm, multistage, randomised, adaptive platform trial - The Lancet Neurology thelancet.com/journals/laneu…

#Covid cognitive deficits even 12-18months AFTER hospitalisation associated with reduced #brain volume on MRI and #brain-injury biomarkers in blood. OUT TODAY in Nature Medicine

New paper from Ju and The Barker / Williams-Gray Lab which validates a simple prognostic model for early PD. …mentdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Clearly, there have been many updates in the field of Mild Cognitive Impairment (#PD-MCI) and Dementia (#PDD) since the #MDS Guidelines were published for #Parkinson disease. Here we call for a Task Force to update these criteria to benefit our patients doi.org/10.1002/mdc3.1…

New publication from @covidcns - highlights that patients with neurological or psychiatric complications of COVID-19 had worse long term functions outcomes which impacted their activity of daily living (ADL), employment & mental health. Read more... tinyurl.com/mva4hrbb

Our PhD student Nina is raising money for the local PUK Edinburgh Branch by walking 100km of the Jurassic Coast in 2 days. Support her if you can. justgiving.com/page/nina-divi… EdinburghParkinsonsBranch Parkinson's UK Scotland Angela Roberts, Ph.D., CASLPO-reg. PrecisionMed_PhD

Thanks for highlighting our work Michael Okun! We’re currently planning study using population-level routinely collected high street fundus images from optometrists to study various prodromal retinal PD markers. SCONe MacGillivrayLabEdin Edinburgh Neuroscience Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic

Disappointing but extremely important results for Parkinson’s. Exenatide once a week versus placebo as a potential disease-modifying ... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Positivity and resilience in abundance last night. Great to see the varied, locally-delivered activities helping people live well with Parkinson’s. Well done everyone! EdinburghParkinsonsBranch Gavin Hastings Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic Gordon Duncan Helen Matthews

Gillian is a great PD Nurse Specialist in Fife. Help her if you can. EdinburghParkinsonsBranch Parkinson's UK Scotland justgiving.com/page/gillian-a…

A wonderful few days in Amman, Jordan at the 19th International Conference of the Jordan Medical Society at the invitation of Prof Ghnaimat. With Abdallah Al-Mohammad Anna Olsson-Brown David Breen and others Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Welcome and hospitality, as always, exemplary.

The first ever treatment for Friedreich’s #ataxia – for which UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and @UCLH led the UK trial – has been approved for use in the UK by the medicines’ regulator. buff.ly/VtKihAE

Great meeting at the Crick today. EJS ACT-PD promises to be a game-changing trial platform. Grateful for the meaningful support to deliver the study in Scottish sites. Neuroprogressive and Dementia Research Network 🌐 Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic EdinburghParkinsonsBranch Parkinson's UK Scotland Gordon Duncan

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