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UrduCedars-Sinai is now a designated CurePSP Center of Care, making it one of just 36 medical institutions in the U.S. and Canada distinguished as a center of excellence for patients with three rare movement disorders.
Tag: Movement Disorders
October 2024 Issue of Neurosurgical Focus: Video: “Movement Disorders”
Announcement of contents of the October 2024 issue of Neurosurgical Focus: Video
Balancing Act: Novel Wearable Sensors and AI Transform Balance Assessment
Traditional methods to assess balance often suffer from subjectivity, aren’t comprehensive enough and can’t be administered remotely. They also are expensive and require specialized equipment and clinical expertise.
June 2024 Issue of Neurosurgical Focus: “Spasticity and Other Movement Disorders”
Announcement of contents of the June 2024 issue of Neurosurgical Focus
A New Study Shows How Neurochemicals Affect fMRI Readings
A landmark study, led by Yen-Yu Ian Shih, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, shows how neurochemicals can influence blood vessels. The new findings may alter how researchers interpret results from functional magnetic resonance imaging.
UTHealth Houston named first-ever SCN2A Multidisciplinary Center by FamilieSCN2A Foundation
In recognition of its expertise in treating SCN2A-related neurological disorders, UTHealth Houston has been designated as the first SCN2A Multidisciplinary Center by the FamilieSCN2A Foundation, the largest global advocacy organization for the group of disorders.
“Stereotyped, devalued and shunned.” Experts address treating the stigma of Parkinson’s disease
Even the best treatment approaches for Parkinson’s disease are inadequate if they do not address patients’ feelings of social rejection, isolation, loneliness and other psychosocial effects of stigma, according to a report from experts specializing in Parkinson’s and other movement disorders.
New insights into the protein-mediated motor neuron loss in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
In patients with ALS, the motor dysfunction symptoms usually appear in one part of the body, such as the limbs, and then progress to others. This further suggests that degeneration starts in one type of motor neuron and, thereafter, propagates to other motor-related neurons.
Dramatic improvement in the prevalence of disabilities among older Americans since 2008
The prevalence of disabilities among American adults aged 65 and older is much lower than it was for the same age group a decade earlier, according to a nationally representative study published online in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) .
Neuroscience reveals complexity of human brain networks
Scientists detected simple movement like pushing a button sends ripples of activity throughout networks of neurons spanning across the brain.
American Neurological Association Publishes Research Abstracts for ANA2022, Oct. 22–25 in Chicago
Abstracts of breaking research in neurology and neuroscience, to be presented at the 2022 American Neurological Association Annual Meeting Oct. 22-25, are now available in Annals of Neurology and on the ANA2022 website.
Iron Buildup in Brain Linked to Higher Risk for Movement Disorders
UC San Diego researchers report that individuals with two copies of a gene mutation show evidence of substantial iron buildup in regions of the brain, raising risk for movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease.
UTHealth Houston’s UTMOVE program receives distinguished Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders
UTHealth Houston’s Movement Disorders and Neurodegenerative Diseases Fellowship Training Program (UTMOVE fellowship program) has been chosen by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) as one of eight international academic centers to train a new movement disorder clinician-researcher — a neurologist with additional training and expertise in diagnosing and treating Parkinson’s and related diseases — as part of the Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders Class of 2025.
UC San Diego-Led Team Receives $9M to Advance Parkinson’s Disease Treatments
A new $9 million grant from Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) will enable advancement of UC San Diego’s discovery that inhibiting a single gene in mice converts other cell types directly into new neurons, alleviating all Parkinson’s symptoms.
Rush Focused Ultrasound Program Changing Lives of Patients With Movement Disorders
A Rush team of neurological and neurosurgical clinicians is the first in Illinois and among the first in the United States to offer an innovative, noninvasive treatment for medication-refractory tremor: MR-guided focused ultrasound.
Spinal Cord Stimulation Reduces Pain and Motor Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease Patients
A team of researchers in the United States and Japan reports that spinal cord stimulation (SCS) measurably decreased pain and reduced motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, both as a singular therapy and as a “salvage therapy” after deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapies were ineffective.
ROBOT RESEARCH HONORED
The National Science Foundation has recognized Fabrizio Sergi, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Delaware, with its CAREER award to support fundamental research in motor control. His work is seeking to help those with movement disorders and identify robot-based interventions.
Mount Sinai Researchers Uncover New Molecular Drivers of Parkinson’s Disease
New Approach Will Lead to a Better Understanding of Most Cases