Movement Disorders
From the Journals
What’s driving the "world’s fastest-growing brain disease"?
The chemical trichloroethylene (TCE) is associated with as much as a 500% increased risk for Parkinson’s disease (PD), suggests a new review data...
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Childhood nightmares a prelude to cognitive problems, Parkinson’s?
Compared with children who never had distressing dreams between ages 7 and 11 years, those who had persistent distressing dreams were 76% more...
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Childhood trauma tied to increased Parkinson’s disease severity
The relationship between childhood trauma and PD appears to be dose dependent, new research shows.
Commentary
What’s new in brain health?
A new study shows that nonmedical treatment is effective in people with frequent episodic and chronic tension-type headache.
Commentary
Finding catatonia requires knowing what to look for
Catatonia should be on the differential whenever a patient exhibits a markedly altered level of activity or grossly abnormal behavior, especially...
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Can a ‘smart’ skin patch detect early neurodegenerative diseases?
The microneedle arrays detect neuroinflammatory biomarkers such as interleukin-6 in as little as 6 minutes.
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‘Concerning’ uptick in pediatric antipsychotic prescribing
The data suggest antipsychotics are being prescribed for an increasingly broad range of conditions, most commonly autism.
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Children with autism show distinct brain features related to motor impairment
White matter in the brains of children with autism found to be distinct from the white matter in children with developmental coordination disorder...
Feature
Epidemic of brain fog? Long COVID’s effects worry experts
“We need to be paying attention to this. What we’ve seen is really the tip of the iceberg.”
Feature
The truth about the ‘happy hormone’: Why we shouldn’t mess with dopamine
Since its first synthesis in the early 20th century, dopamine has often been misunderstood and oversimplified – and it seems the story is...
News
‘Dr. Caveman’ had a leg up on amputation
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