Movement Disorders
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Imaging links insula and frontal cortex to anxiety in Parkinson’s disease
Electroencephalography showed stronger connections in several brain areas of patients with anxiety compared to those without anxiety
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Restless legs syndrome surged early during pandemic
Increased symptom severity in patients with restless legs syndrome was associated with sleep disturbance, depression, and anxiety.
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COVID-19 hospital data: New-onset seizures more common than breakthrough seizures
Altered status in patients should trigger consideration of EEGs, researcher says.
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Even COVID-19 can’t stop a true optimist
Plus: Cheese and sleep may not mix, but golf and Parkinson’s do.
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Ferric carboxymaltose calms restless legs
Nearly two-thirds of patients with restless legs syndrome remained off RLS medications at 1 year after treatment.
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Transdermal patches ease extrapyramidal symptoms in schizophrenia
Schizophrenia patients who switched from blonanserin tablets to patches showed significant reduction in extrapyramidal symptoms but not in use of...
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Avoidant attachment style may drive mood in movement disorders
High rates of depression found in patients with functional neurological disorders associated with avoidance of close relationships.
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Therapeutic homework adherence improves tics in Tourette’s disorder
After eight sessions of behavior therapy, overall greater homework adherence significantly predicted reduced tic severity.
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Study identifies pandemic-related stressor in Parkinson’s disease
Researchers in the Netherlands identified COVID-19–related stressors for people with Parkinson’s disease and the most vulnerable subgroups.
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Surge in new-onset tics in adults tied to COVID-19 stress
“All patients, including those with organic tic disorders, had a history of anxiety and also reported worsening anxiety in the setting of the...
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Toward ‘superhuman cognition’: The future of brain-computer interfaces
Among the big players in this area of research is billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, who in 2016 founded Neuralink.