Effects of stereotactic neurosurgery on postural instability and gait in Parkinson's disease

M Bakker, RAJ Esselink, M Munneke… - Movement …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Postural instability and gait disability (PIGD) are disabling signs of Parkinson's disease.
Stereotactic surgery aimed at the internal globus pallidus (GPi) or subthalamic nucleus …

What a neurologist should know about depression in Parkinson's disease

MHM Timmer, MHCT van Beek, BR Bloem… - Practical …, 2017 - pn.bmj.com
Depression is a frequent non-motor symptom of Parkinson's disease. Its prevalence varies
widely across studies (between 2.7% and 90%); around 35% have clinically significant …

[HTML][HTML] Causes and consequences of cerebral small vessel disease. The RUN DMC study: a prospective cohort study. Study rationale and protocol

AGW van Norden, KF de Laat, RAR Gons… - BMC neurology, 2011 - Springer
Background Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a frequent finding on CT and MRI scans
of elderly people and is related to vascular risk factors and cognitive and motor impairment …

Gait velocity and the Timed-Up-and-Go test were sensitive to changes in mobility in frail elderly patients

MB van Iersel, M Munneke, RAJ Esselink… - Journal of clinical …, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To estimate clinically relevant changes in functional mobility tests and
quantitative gait measures at group and individual level in frail elderly patients. STUDY …

Stereotactic neurosurgery for tremor

JD Speelman, R Schuurman… - … : official journal of the …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The role of the motor thalamus as surgical target in stereotactic neurosurgery for different
kinds of tremor is discussed. For tremor in Parkinson's disease, the subthalamic nucleus …

[HTML][HTML] MicroRNAs in cerebrospinal fluid as potential biomarkers for Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy

TM Marques, HB Kuiperij, IB Bruinsma… - Molecular …, 2017 - Springer
Parkinson's disease (PD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA) are both part of the spectrum of
neurodegenerative movement disorders and α-synucleinopathies with overlap of symptoms …

CSF neurofilament light chain and tau differentiate multiple system atrophy from Parkinson's disease

WF Abdo, BR Bloem, WJ Van Geel, RAJ Esselink… - Neurobiology of …, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: In early disease stages it can be clinically difficult to differentiate idiopathic
Parkinson's disease (IPD) from patients with multiple system atrophy predominated by …

Serum NFL discriminates Parkinson disease from atypical parkinsonisms

TM Marques, A van Rumund, P Oeckl, HB Kuiperij… - Neurology, 2019 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of serum neurofilament light chain (NFL) in
patients with clear signs of parkinsonism but whose specific diagnosis was yet uncertain …

Cerebral small vessel disease and incident parkinsonism: the RUN DMC study

HM Van Der Holst, IWM van Uden, AM Tuladhar… - Neurology, 2015 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To investigate the relation between baseline cerebral small vessel disease (SVD)
and the risk of incident parkinsonism using different MRI and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) …

α‐Synuclein real‐time quaking‐induced conversion in the cerebrospinal fluid of uncertain cases of parkinsonism

A Van Rumund, AJE Green, G Fairfoul… - Annals of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A reliable biomarker is needed for accurate and early differentiation between Parkinson
disease and the various forms of atypical parkinsonism. We used a novel real‐time quaking …