Moving Along Newsletter
December 2022 Vol. 26, Issue 4
MDS's quarterly newsletter, providing up-to-date information on new developments in the field of Movement Disorders, as well as MDS announcements and other news.
Social prescribing in Parkinson’s disease
Loneliness can have a higher impact on quality of life than the motor PD symptoms we typically focus on. A novel way to address this long-overlooked issue.
President’s Message
Prof. Francisco Cardoso recaps the important announcements from the annual MDS Business Meeting.
Field leader earns “Dutch Nobel Prize,” the €2.5 million Stevin Award
Ever the innovator, Prof. Bas Bloem plans to use the funds to take a risk on a first-of-its-kind research venture.
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice Impact Factor
The editors reflect on the high 4.514 inaugural Impact Factor, and how this achievement will shape the journal.
Regional neurology conference highlights movement disorders
This Asian & Oceanian joint conference connected thousands of neurologists to issues related to movement disorders care.
Congress Awardees:
Stanley Fahn Presidential Lecture Award
Back to the future: Is the clinical phenomenologist obsolete?
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David Marsden Presidential Lecture Award
Challenge to elucidate the pathomechanisms of Parkinson’s disease: From the pathogenesis to biomarkers
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Junior Research Award
Reduced synaptic density in cortical and subcortical gray matter is associated with mild parkinsonian signs in healthy elderly: a [11C]UCB-J PET study
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Junior Research Award
Multimodal mechanistic disease stratification in sporadic Parkinson’s disease
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Top Review Article, Movement Disorders
MDS criteria for the diagnosis of multiple system atrophy
Read the original story from the March issue of Moving Along »
Gold Award Research Article, Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
Pragmatic Approach on Neuroimaging Techniques for the Differential Diagnosis of Parkinsonisms
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Top Research Article, Movement Disorders
A multistep model of Parkinson’s disease pathogenesis
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Congress Highlights:
Top basic science research takeaways in 2022
In a year of impactful advancements, Dr. Niccolo Mencacci shares why he selected these breakthroughs for his International Congress talk.
Genetics: A look at the most notable advancements
Dr. Marcelo Kauffman shares the latest impacts of genetic testing and other highlights from his plenary session on genetics for managing hyperkinetic movement disorders.
Young Members Group brings fresh ideas to Congress
Young MDS members from around the globe were finally able to reconvene — and the energy was palpable.
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Editorial Board
Moving Along Editor (2019-2024)
Antonio Strafella, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Dr. Strafella is a Professor of Neurology and Canada Research Chair, in the Neurology Division at Toronto Western Hospital-UHN at the University of Toronto, and is a long standing member of MDS, having served in numerous committee roles within the Society, as well as a former Associate Editor of Movement Disorders.
Catalina Cerquera-Cleves, MD, MSc
Shaimaa El-Jaafary, MD
Anhar Hassan, MD
Prashanth Kukkle, DM
Sergio Rodriguez-Quiroga, MD
Chaewon Shin, MD, PhD
Katarzyna Smilowska, MD, PhD
Indu Subramanian, MD