Exploring Sleep-Related Movement Disorders
Some sleep-related movement disorders are well known, like restless legs syndrome, but less common sleep-related movement disorders are often overlooked.
All articles by Nicola Davies
Coping With Challenges When Working the Holidays
For many physicians, working during the holiday season is simply part of the job.
Predicting Outcomes in Parkinson Disease: Utility of EEG
There remains a clear need for further research comprising larger cohorts to more effectively assess the utility of EEG for monitoring and predicting outcomes in PD.
Neuroimaging in Headache Disorders: When Is It Necessary?
The use of neuroimaging as a diagnostic tool remains at the discretion of the clinician, necessitating more research to improve clinical understanding of primary and secondary headaches.
Functional Imaging in Movement Disorders: Diagnostic Advantages
Functional imaging can help neurologists navigate diagnosis and inform treatment and patient outcomes.
Treatment Considerations for Movement Disorder-Related Sleep Disorders
Treatment of the underlying movement disorder may help, worsen, or interfere with the treatment of the related sleep disorder, proving to be a particularly complicated therapeutic area.
Addressing Levodopa-Resistant Parkinson Disease
In later stages of the condition, it is possible that the nerves become incapable of storing dopamine consistently, rendering levodopa practically useless, even if it is administered more regularly.
Chiari Malformation: Wading Through the Confusion
Meta-analyses are only as good as the quality of the primary data, which is mostly low to medium evidence in the case of Chiari malformation.
Parkinson Disease and the Gut: Treatment Potential Abounds
Current evidence highlights the potential role of cross-talk between the enteric and central nervous systems and the pathogenesis of Parkinson disease.
Weighing the Risks of Deep Brain Stimulation
DBS has been known to generate other movement-related disorders such as dyskinesias, blepharospasm, and hypokinesia.
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