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Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI)
… built a robust database and biorepository, which it makes available to the research community to further biomarker … with Parkinson's risk factors of hyposmia or REM sleep behavior disorder 372 LRRK2 mutation carriers; 246 GBA mutation … carriers; 27 SNCA mutation carriers (PD and unaffected) Available Data: Clinical: motor, non-motor (cognitive, …
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A Tool for Evaluating Facial Expression for Early Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease
… risk of PD, such as people with Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder. Impact on Diagnosis/Treatment of … risk of developing Parkinson's, such as people with REM sleep behavior disorder. If decreased facial expression is a …
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A Brain Wave Test to Diagnose Parkinson’s?
May 31, 2019
… at brain waves, we also can tell if a person is awake or asleep, if they’re moving and if the eyes are blinking. When … with diagnosis. I’m also looking at EEG brain waves during sleep in people with Parkinson’s because this has rarely … know what brain waves look like when people are awake and asleep. Both studies are still in progress and we are …
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Ziv Gan-Or, MD, PhD
… who studies the genetics of Parkinson’s disease, REM sleep behavior disorder and other neurodegenerative …
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The South End News: Boston University Medical Center Focusing in on Parkinson’s
October 15, 2010
… medical school, he had thought he would find a place in sleep medicine, having done sleep medicine research previously at the University of … to Parkinson’s while completing a study on the kinds of sleep problems Parkinson’s patients have. "I became much …
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Informing Clinical Decision Making in the Pre-motor Period of Parkinson Disease
… after neurodegeneration begins. By looking at changes in sleep, mood, bowel and bladder habits, blood pressure or … be diagnosed with PD had more claims for gastrointestinal, sleep, genitourinary, and sweat dysfunction. Within one year … models of PD that suggest the gastrointestinal tract and sleep centers of the brain are affected early in PD, while …