The Contribution of α-Synuclein Spreading to Parkinson’s Disease Synaptopathy by Francesca Longhena, Gaia Faustini, Cristina Missale, Marina Pizzi, PierFranco Spano, Arianna Bellucci

“…In sporadic PD, the most common age-related neurodegenerative movement disorder, nigrostriatal dopaminergic deficits are responsible for the onset of motor symptoms that have been related to α-synuclein deposition at synaptic sites. …”
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Clinimetrics of the 9- and 19-Item Wearing-Off Questionnaire: A Systematic Review by Carlos E. Mantese, Artur Schumacher-Schuh, Carlos R. M. Rieder

“…A recent review by the Movement Disorder Society suggested the 19-item (WOQ-19) and 9-item (WOQ-9) questionnaires as screening tools for the wearing-off phenomenon. …”
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Collective Expert Perspectives on the Use of Safinamide as Adjunctive Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease: Online-Based Delphi Survey by Atsushi Takeda, Yoshio Tsuboi, Masahiro Nomoto, Hideki Mochizuki, Nobutaka Hattori

“…To summarize opinions on the optimal patient profile and methods of using safinamide in common clinical scenarios, Japanese movement disorder specialists with expertise in PD investigated the perspectives of neurologists and neurosurgeons. …”
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Kinect-Based Exergames Tailored to Parkinson Patients by Ioannis Pachoulakis, Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Anastasia Analyti

“…Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative movement disorder where motor dysfunction gradually increases. …”
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Rehabilitation of Speech and Swallowing Disorder in a Patient With Severe Brain Injury in the Subacute Phase: A Case Report by Morteza Farazi, Niyayesh Aali, Seyed Majid Akhvan Hejazi

“…Dysarthria is a speech movement disorder caused by damage to the central nervous system. …”
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Insomnia: definition, pathophysiological models, diagnosis, and treatment by E. Sakalauskaitė-Juodeikienė, R. Masaitienė

“…Polysomnography is recommended when other sleep disorders (periodic limb movement disorder, sleep apnea or narcolepsy) are suspected, also for treatment-resistant insomnia. …”
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The Parkinson’s Disease Composite Scale Is Adequately Responsive to Acute Levodopa Challenge by Dávid Pintér, Pablo Martinez-Martin, József Janszky, Norbert Kovács

“…To investigate the correlation between changes in the motor examination part of the Movement Disorder Society-sponsored Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) and the PDCS motor scores during acute levodopa challenge and calculate a cutoff range on the PDCS indicating clinically relevant improvement. …”
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“Does the Response to Morning Medication Predict the ADL-Level of the Day in Parkinson’s Disease?” by Trine Hørmann Thomsen, Troels Wesenberg Kjær, Lene Bastrup Jørgensen, Anita Haahr, Kristian Winge

“…Data collection encompasses measurements from the Parkinson KinetiGraph, and the ADL-limitations are assessed by the Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) Part II. …”
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SOX5-Null Heterozygous Mutation in a Family with Adult-Onset Hyperkinesia and Behavioral Abnormalities by Michael Zech, Katharina Poustka, Sylvia Boesch, Riccardo Berutti, Tim M. Strom, Wolfgang Grisold, Werner Poewe, Juliane Winkelmann

“…Aged 43 years, our female index patient demonstrated abrupt onset of mixed generalized hyperkinesia, with dystonic and choreiform movements being the most salient features. The movement disorder was accompanied by behavioral problems such as anxiety and mood instability. …”
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Deciphering Parkinson’s Disease through Eye Movements: A Promising Tool for Early Diagnosis in the Face of Cognitive Impairment by Xianglian Liao, Jian Yao, Hongyin Tang, Yilan Xing, Xin Zhao, Daao Nie, Ping Luan, Guihua Li

“…In this article, we review the correlation between cognitive impairment and eye movement disorder in patients with PD.…”
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Treatment of tardive dyskinesia caused by long-term antipsychotic use: case reports and literature review by I. Pabarčiūtė, M. Karnickas

“…Tardive dyskinesia is a movement disorder that begins with exposure to dopamine receptor-blocking agents for at least a few months. …”
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Validation of the Official Slovak Version of the Unified Dyskinesia Rating Scale (UDysRS) by Matej Skorvanek, Michal Minar, Milan Grofik, Katarina Kracunova, Vladimir Han, Frantisek Cibulcik, Jan Necpal, Ladislav Gurcik, Peter Valkovic

“…The Slovak version of the UDysRS was designated as an official non-English translation and can be downloaded from the website of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.…”
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A pilot exploratory study for analysis of clinical features and plasma catecholamines in blepharospasm by Lixia Zhu, Hongmei Meng, Wuqiong Zhang, Lijuan Wang, Weixuan Zhao, Jiaai Li, Nilupaer Shafeng, Huaiyu Sun, Ting Jiang, Huiqing Liu, Yu Guo, Shuai Hou

“…Abstract Blepharospasm (BSP) is a common focal movement disorder linked to the basal ganglia and plasma catecholamines (CAs). …”
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Reliability and Validity of the Persian Version of the Fatigue Severity Scale in Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease Patients by Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Hasti Hadizadeh, Farzaneh Farhadi, Gholam Ali Shahidi, Ahmad Delbari, Johan Lökk

“…Ninety nondemented idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (IPD) patients were consecutively recruited from an outpatient referral movement disorder clinic. In addition to the disease severity scales, the FSS-Per was used for fatigue measurement. …”
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Rasagiline as Adjunct to Levodopa for Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Osamu Kano, Hiroshi Tsuda, Ayako Hayashi, Masaki Arai

“…Outcomes included change in wearing-off time, Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS)/Movement Disorder Society-UPDRS (MDS-UPDRS) II and III scores, treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs), and Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39) summary index score. …”
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Alterations of Interhemispheric Functional Connectivity and Degree Centrality in Cervical Dystonia: A Resting-State fMRI Study by Wenyan Jiang, Yiwu Lei, Jing Wei, Lu Yang, Shubao Wei, Qiong Yin, Shuguang Luo, Wenbin Guo

“…Cervical dystonia (CD) is a neurological movement disorder characterized by involuntary head and neck movements and postures. …”
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Comparison of the efficacy and safety of bupropion versus aripiprazole augmentation in adults with treatment-resistant depression: a nationwide cohort study in South Korea by Dong Yun Lee, Rae Woong Park, Soo Min Jeon

“…Bupropion was associated with lower risks of hospitalization (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.51; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.29–0.86) and movement disorders (HR: 0.56; 95% CI 0.36–0.85) than aripiprazole. …”
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Retrospective database analysis on the demographics and resource utilization of patients with Parkinson’s disease in Quebec, Canada by Véronique Baribeau, Shawn Mohammed, Amnah Awan, Diana Parison, Jean Lachaine

“…Introduction: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative movement disorder. Despite its recognized significance, there remains a paucity of recent studies reporting treatment utilization and the economic impact of PD in a real-world setting, especially in Canada. …”
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Peripheral nerve injury induces dystonia-like movements and dysregulation in the energy metabolism: A multi-omics descriptive study in Thap1+/− mice by Colette Reinhold, Susanne Knorr, Rhonda L. McFleder, Lisa Harder-Rauschenberger, Tom Gräfenhan, Andreas Schlosser, Michael Sendtner, Jens Volkmann, Chi Wang Ip

“…DYT-THAP1 dystonia is a monogenetic form of dystonia, a movement disorder characterized by the involuntary co-contraction of agonistic and antagonistic muscles. …”
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Detecting Freezing of Gait in Parkinson Disease Using Multiple Wearable Sensors Sets During Various Walking Tasks Relative to Medication Conditions (DetectFoG): Protocol for a Pros... by Sébastien Cordillet, Sophie Drapier, Frédérique Leh, Audeline Dumont, Florian Bidet, Isabelle Bonan, Karim Jamal

“…Passages will be videotaped, and 2 movement disorder specialists will identify FoG episodes in the videos. …”
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