Movement Disorders Clinical Practice

Does STN DBS improve sleep-wake functions e.g. daytime sleepiness, total sleep time in patients with PD? YES! AND it relates to active contact position within the STN. Read this paper to find out more! loom.ly/UX6YW_0

Resolution of catatonia without benzodiazepines in a young boy. Highlighting the importance of identifying immune-mediated causes. @LokeshS34998102 @Saurabh_9799 @sarbesh1984 loom.ly/jlxoQLo

Preliminary evidence suggests the presence of a risk factor in the rural environment, for earlier onset of symptoms in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3/Machado-Joseph disease. loom.ly/QkbLg_Y

Tremor, chorea, and dystonia are the three most prevalent tuberculosis-related movement disorders, according to a new scoping review that also outlines various diagnostic and treatment approaches. @movedisorder #IRMDStudyGroup loom.ly/HxaVaj8

A new video from Dr. Diana Angelika Olszewska & Prof. Anthony Lang from Toronto demonstrates how to perform a skin punch biopsy in Parkinsonism. Includes a live patient demo. A must-watch for clinicians and researchers alike! loom.ly/DyFDI8M

AI-based handwriting analysis- a useful biomarker in PD? Read on to find out! loom.ly/TS_auJM

New MDCP Clinical Pearl: Speech Differences between Multiple System Atrophy and Parkinson's Disease. doi.org/10.1002/mdc3.7…

MSA is a rare neurodegenerative disorder, diagnosed only with clinical examination and MRI markers. This “How Do I” video project supports clinicians in using the MDS MSA criteria by showing videos for each feature. loom.ly/k7xAFVQ

Now available in Early View! MDS’s Multiple System Atrophy Study Group curated a 12-minute video library of core and supportive clinical features fulfilling #MSA diagnostic criteria. @movedisorder loom.ly/k7xAFVQ

Check out this insightful article from the Peer Review Group and former MDCP Editors with tips on how to review a case report! #PeerReview loom.ly/pkbicZw

This study highlights the paradox whereby subjects with more advanced PD are more prone to be digitally excluded, despite being the population that may most need telemedicine services. loom.ly/1VtydWY

Device-aided treatments of Parkinson's disease may be utilised in levodopa responsive cases of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis with Parkinsonism. @DenesZadori loom.ly/5y_GJCs

Could respiratory dysfunction serve as a biomarker of disease progression in PD? loom.ly/CUaCim4

Do you consider Botulinum toxin as a treatment option in proximal upper limb tremors? This study shows some improvement in objective measures, but not in quality of life. loom.ly/FwVGsTc

Does laryngeal dystonia respond to alcohol? The Vodka Trial shows that it does, and SNVs in genes related to GABAergic transmission associate with response! @SimonyanLab loom.ly/K66gfLk

See new data from a 1-year open-label extension trial of an investigational dopamine D1 receptor antagonist, ecopipam, for the treatment of children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome. loom.ly/OXNOc5I

Dynamic assessment (ie, one minute standing while reading a text) shows better accuracy in detecting axial postural abnormalities in PD. loom.ly/lf1yyYc

A new case report: Continuous estrogen therapy improved perimenstrual motor fluctuations in a young patient with Parkinson's Disease. Shedding light on hormonal impacts in PD management. loom.ly/yTSY-cM

Are there distinct radiological markers for the Progressive supranuclear plasy subtypes and Parkinson’s disease? Gain new insights from our research with Brain MRI morphometry, DTI, SWI and FDG PET studies. @AsterMedcity14 @KanchanaPillai loom.ly/UvXl1hE

Diminished facial expression differentiates Alzheimer’s disease with concurrent Lewy body pathology from pure Alzheimer’s early in the clinical course. @ohnodanoh loom.ly/yRMHmMc