Editor's Choice Articles and Podcasts

Under the editorial supervision of Marcelo Merello, MD, PhD and Hubert Fernandez, MD

Pisa syndrome in Parkinson's disease: Clinical, electromyographic, and radiological characterization
Review conducted by Dr. Leo Verhagen, MD, PhD, Associate Professor at Rush Medical College, and the Medical Director of the Neurosurgery Program for Movement Disorders, at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, USA.
Posted: April 2012
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Mortality from Parkinson's disease: A population-based prospective study (NEDICES)
Review conducted by Dr. Mariese Hely, MBBS, FRACP, Movement Disorders Unit, Department of Neurology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney Australia, and Dr. Victor Fung, PhD, FRACP, Clinical Associate Professor at Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney and Director of the Movement Disorders Unit and Co-Director of the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Research Centre, Department of Neurology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Posted: February 2012
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The Relation Between Cognition and Motor Dysfunction in Drug-Naïve Newly Diagnosed Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
Review conducted by Susan H. Fox, MRCP (UK), PhD, Associate Professor Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON.
Posted: December 2011
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A Tale of Two Factors: What determines the rate of progression in Huntington's disease? A Longitudinal MRI Study
Review conducted by Ruth H. Walker, MB, ChB, PhD, staff neurologist and Director of the Movement Disorders Clinic and Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
Posted: October 2011
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Factors contributing to institutionalization in patients with Huntington's disease
Review conducted by Ruth H. Walker, MB, ChB, PhD, staff neurologist and Director of the Movement Disorders Clinic and Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
Posted: October 2011
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Rapidly progressive diffuse lewy body disease
Review conducted by David J. Burn, MD, FRCP, Acting Director, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Posted: June 2011
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Long-term clinical outcome in Meige syndrome treated with internal pallidum deep brain stimulation
Review conducted by Leo Verhagen, MD, PhD, Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
Posted: April 2011
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Exercise elevates dopamine D2 receptor in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease
Review conducted by Leo Verhagen, MD, PhD, Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
Posted: February 2011
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Exploring the electrocardiogram as a potential tool to screen for premotor Parkinson's disease
Review conducted by Laura Silveira-Moriyama, MD, PhD, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London
Posted: December 2010
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Cardiac sympathetic degeneration correlates with olfactory function in Parkinson's disease
Review conducted by Marcelo Merello, MD, PhD, Director, Neuroscience Department, Head Movement Disorders Section, Institute for Neurological Research Raul Carrea (FLENI), Buenos Aires
Posted: October 2010
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Anxiety disorders in Parkinson's disease: Prevalence and risk factors
Review conducted by Laura Silveira-Moriyama, MD, PhD, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London
Posted: August 2010
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Imaging essential tremor
Review conducted by Joseph Jankovic, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Posted: June 2010
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Skin cancer and Parkinson's disease
Review conducted by William Ondo, MD, Professor of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
Posted: April 2010
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Apathy may herald cognitive decline and dementia in Parkinson's disease
Review conducted by Lindsey Kirsch-Darrow, MS, and Dawn Bowers, PhD, University of Florida, USA
Posted: February 2010
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Physical assessment as a predictor of mortality in people with Parkinson's disease: A study over 7 years
Review conducted by Dudley O'Sullivan, AM, MBBS, FRACP, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst NSW Australia
Posted: December 2009
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The PRIAMO study: A multicenter assessment of nonmotor symptoms and their impact on quality of life in Parkinson's disease
Review conducted by Joaquim Ferreira, MD, PhD, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal
Posted: October 2009
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Serotonin and Parkinson's disease: On movement, mood, and madness
Review conducted by David Burn, FRCP, MD, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Posted: August 2009
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Patient profile, indications, efficacy and safety of duodenal levodopa infusion in advanced Parkinson's disease
Review conducted by Angelo Antonini, MD, PhD, Istitute of Neurology, Monza, Italy
Posted: June 2009
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Odor identification test as an indicator of idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder
Review conducted by Matthew B. Stern, MD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Posted: April 2009
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The Management of Tics
Review conducted by Joseph Jankovic, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Posted: February 2009
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Antipsychotic medication treatment for mild hallucinations in Parkinson's disease: Positive impact on long-term
worsening

Review by Christopher Goetz, MD, Wenqing Fan, MS, Sue Leurgans, PhD
Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Posted: December 2008
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Suicidal and death ideation in Parkinson's disease
Review conducted by Laura Marsh, MD, Psychiatry and Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Posted: October 2008
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Chronic pain in Parkinson's disease: The cross-sectional French DoPaMiP survey
Review conducted by Professor Sergio Starkstein, MD, PhD, University of Western Australia
Posted: September 2008
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Driving assessment in Parkinson's disease -- a novel predictor of performance?
Review conducted by Ergun Uc, MD, University of Iowa
Posted: August 2008
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