Parkinson’s Disease Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the fastest-growing neurological ...

Functional neurological disorder (FND) describes symptoms like paralysis, seizures, and tremor-related to a disorder of nervous system functioning rather than conditions like multiple sclerosis or ...

Parkinsonism was linked with CTE in athletes, cross-sectional data suggested. Nearly 25% of deceased contact sports participants with CTE had parkinsonism symptoms before they died. More than 75% of ...

—Pseudobulbar affect has been associated with depressive symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders. A pilot study looks at these relationships in more detail. Reviewed ...

Parkinsonism is a term for a group of neurological conditions that cause movement problems including tremors, slowed movement and stiffness, with Parkinson's disease being one of the better knowns ...

A team of scientists led by Prof. Patrik Verstreken (VIB-KU Leuven) has identified a new genetic mutation that may cause a form of early-onset Parkinsonism. The mutation, located in a gene called ...

Scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School have developed a targeted genetic test to improve diagnosis for X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism (XDP), a rare and disabling ...

Since 1987, only 57 cases of comorbid Parkinson disease (PD) and myasthenia gravis (MG) have been reported. The combination of Parkinson disease (PD) and myasthenia gravis (MG) is rarely seen in ...

Leuven, 26 September 2024 – A team of scientists led by Prof. Patrik Verstreken (VIB-KU Leuven) has identified a new genetic mutation that may cause a form of early-onset Parkinsonism. The mutation, ...