Movement Disorders

Andrew Siderowf, MD, director of the Parkinson disease and movement center at the University of Pennsylvania, talked about available therapeutics and potential future therapies in research for Parkinson disease.

Despite years of use of gold-standard therapy levodopa, therapeutic development in Parkinson disease has advanced rapidly and expanded to numerous novel pathways and targets.

The director of the Memory & Cognitive Disorders Clinic at Hoag Neuroscience Institute provided detail on an educational course that examined medication management for Parkinson disease psychosis.

Drs Rajesh Pahwa, Daniels Kremens and Fernando Pagan provide an overview of current treatment options for treatment of dyskinesia in patients with Parkinson’s Disease.

The expert panel highlights challenges in treatment of OFF episodes and dyskinesia together and long-term consequences of delaying treatment for dyskinesia in patients with Parkinson disease.

As therapeutic development has advanced in Parkinson disease management, the introduction of on-demand options have extended ON time for patients and altered the paradigm of care.

Psychosis is estimated to affect more than half of patients with Parkinson disease, and there is a growing need for improved management and therapeutic development.

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Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is stroke and cerebrovascular disease.

The holy grail of neurodegenerative disorders would be to alter or halt the progression of the disease. For years, the discussion has swirled around stem cells and gene therapy, and they remain potential options for the future.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending April 14, 2023.

The director of functional neurosurgery at Baptist Health provided perspective on the advances of high intensity focused ultrasound as the institution nears 100 patients treated. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

Findings from a recent published study observed lower quality of life in Black, Hispanic, and Asian patients with Parkinson disease compared with White patients.

New research confirms a key disease pathology identified through examining spinal fluid in patients with Parkinson disease.

The neurosurgeon at Marcus Neuroscience Institute, Baptist Health, provided perspective on invasive procedures for degenerative conditions and when deep brain stimulation is needed.

The neurosurgeon at Marcus Neuroscience Institute, Baptist Health, provided perspective on the advances of DBS and other invasive procedures for patients with degenerative disorders. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

The expert panel shares strategies for accurate clinical diagnosis of dyskinesia in patients with Parkinson disease and discusses how dyskinesia may impact the quality of life.

The expert neurology panel examines risk factors for development of dyskinesia in patients with Parkinson disease.

Positive phase 2 data on CVN424, NETSseq platforms, and CVN417, a novel treatment for Parkinson disease, were presented at AD/PD 2023 International Conference.

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Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is multiple sclerosis (MS).

New data demonstrated the potential of a new class of oral, small molecule inhibitors that target the fleeting intermediates at the core of neurodegeneration in Parkinson disease.

VO659, the only clinical candidate targeting the CAG repeat expansion that causes all polyglutamine diseases, is designed to reduce mutant HTT and spare wildtype HTT.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending April 7, 2023.

Mind Moments®, a podcast from NeurologyLive®, brings you an exclusive interview with Dilesh Doshi, PharmD. [LISTEN TIME: 22 minutes]