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Toronto Parkinson's Research Interest
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01-02-2019 11:44:30
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What an honour and privilege to participate in Parkinson's Foundation Physical Therapy Faculty Program at OHSU Brain Institute. Thank you to the whole team for putting on an amazing program. #Physiotherapy #PhysicalTherapy #Parkinsonsdisease #neurorehabilitation
Thinking outside the box to generate impact now to improve PD care. Change does not have to be expensive. Ever more important to empower patients with education and front load rehab to the earliest stages. Integrated Movement Disorders Program (IMDP) Parkinson Canada thelancet.com/journals/laneu…
Great start to the 1st Canadian Movement Disorders Meeting. Parkinson Canada is proud to support neurologists coming together to share & learn to better understand and treat PD. Thanks to Alfonso Fasano and Dr. Jog for organizing. Antonio Strafella kalialabs
FND in Paris Match! - bravo Beatrice Garcin
Parkinson's Foundation reports that ¾ hospitalized PD patients don't get their medications on time. We need the patient perspective! Anyone willing to share their experience managing their PD medications during a hospitalization, contact Jane Liao at [email protected] to learn more.
May be of interest Alberto J Espay
My post on functional slowness and tremor (parkinsonism). A fascinating if uncommon condition Jon Stone Alan Carson Tim Nicholson Kailash Bhatia, Alberto J Espay psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brains…
I’m very proud of Gabriela Gilmour's fantastic new review on diagnosing #FMD. There are many excellent reviews on this already, and here’s what we add that’s different (tweet summary). Moving Beyond Movement: Diagnosing Functional Movement Disorder pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36893796/
The Synucleinopenia Hypothesis: Lewy pathology is made of what once were normal α-synuclein monomers. Entrapped, they can no longer function. Losing enough α-synuclein brings out #Parkinsons. Lewy pathology alone doesn't. Andrew Lees Parkinsonism & Related Disorders prd-journal.com/article/S1353-…
There is lots we don’t know and much yet to learn in PD. Classification systems can help zero in closer on groups of patients to figure out if synuclein is friend, foe or innocent bystander Alberto J Espay Andrew Lees Michael Okun Bas Bloem @RayDorseyNeuro Patrik Brundin MD PhD Krembil Brain Institute