Search Results - "Strafella, A P"

Increased striatal dopamine release in Parkinsonian patients with pathological gambling: a [11C] raclopride PET study by Steeves, T. D. L., Miyasaki, J., Zurowski, M., Lang, A. E., Pellecchia, G., Van Eimeren, T., Rusjan, P., Houle, S., Strafella, A. P.

“…Pathological gambling is an impulse control disorder reported in association with dopamine agonists used to treat Parkinson's disease. Although impulse control…”
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Seeing and hearing speech excites the motor system involved in speech production by Watkins, K.E., Strafella, A.P., Paus, T.

“…The perception of action is associated with increased activity in motor regions, implicating such regions in the recognition, understanding and imitation of…”
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Synchronization of Neuronal Activity in the Human Primary Motor Cortex by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: An EEG Study by Paus, T, Sipila, P. K, Strafella, A. P

“…  1 Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada; and   2 BioMag Laboratory, Medical Engineering Centre, Helsinki…”
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Drug-induced deactivation of inhibitory networks predicts pathological gambling in PD by VAN EIMEREN, T, PELLECCHIA, G, CILIA, R, BALLANGER, B, STEEVES, T. D. L, HOULE, S, MIYASAKI, J. M, ZUROWSKI, M, LANG, A. E, STRAFELLA, A. P

“…Some patients with Parkinson disease (PD) develop pathological gambling when treated with dopamine agonists (DAs). However, little is known about DA-induced…”
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Neuroinflammation in healthy aging: A PET study using a novel Translocator Protein 18 kDa (TSPO) radioligand, [18F]-FEPPA by SURIDJAN, I, RUSJAN, P. M, VOINESKOS, A. N, SELVANATHAN, T, SETIAWAN, E, STRAFELLA, A. P, WILSON, A. A, MEYER, J. H, HOULE, S, MIZRAHI, R

“…One of the cellular markers of neuroinflammation is increased microglia activation, characterized by overexpression of mitochondrial 18 kDa Translocator…”
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Striatal dopamine release induced by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the human motor cortex by Strafella, Antonio P., Paus, Tomáš, Fraraccio, Maria, Dagher, Alain

“…Brain dopamine is implicated in the regulation of movement, attention, reward and learning. Dysfunction of dopamine plays a role in Parkinson’s disease,…”
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Modulation of cortical excitability during action observation: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study by Strafella, Antonio P, Paus, Tomáš

“…Paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) was used to examine changes in cortical excitability during action observation. We stimulated the left…”
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Neuroinflammation in healthy aging: A PET study using a novel Translocator Protein 18kDa (TSPO) radioligand, [18F]-FEPPA by Suridjan, I., Rusjan, P.M., Voineskos, A.N., Selvanathan, T., Setiawan, E., Strafella, A.P., Wilson, A.A., Meyer, J.H., Houle, S., Mizrahi, R.

“…One of the cellular markers of neuroinflammation is increased microglia activation, characterized by overexpression of mitochondrial 18kDa Translocator Protein…”
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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Human Prefrontal Cortex Induces Dopamine Release in the Caudate Nucleus by Strafella, Antonio P, Paus, Tomas, Barrett, Jennifer, Dagher, Alain

“…Dopamine is implicated in movement, learning, and motivation, and in illnesses such as Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, and drug addiction. Little is known…”
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Cerebral Blood-Flow Changes Induced by Paired-Pulse Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Primary Motor Cortex by Strafella, A. P, Paus, T

“…Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada Strafella, A. P. and T. Paus. Cerebral Blood-Flow Changes Induced by…”
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Effects of chronic levodopa and pergolide treatment on cortical excitability in patients with Parkinson's disease: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study by Strafella, A.P, Valzania, F, Nassetti, S.A, Tropeani, A, Bisulli, A, Santangelo, M, Tassinari, C.A

“…Objectives: Transcranial magnetic stimulation was used to assess the effects of chronic levodopa and pergolide treatment on motor cortex excitability in…”
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Molecular imaging and neural networks in impulse control disorders in Parkinson's disease by Aracil-Bolaños, I, Strafella, A.P

“…Abstract Impulse control disorders (ICDs) may arise in Parkinson's disease (PD) in relation to the use of dopamine agonists (DA). A dysfunction of reward…”
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Cortical activity in Parkinson's disease during executive processing depends on striatal involvement by Monchi, Oury, Petrides, Michael, Mejia-Constain, Beatriz, Strafella, Antonio P.

“…Patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease exhibit impairments in executive processes, including planning and set-shifting, even at the early stages of the…”
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Facilitation of rhythmic events in progressive myoclonus epilepsy: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study by Valzania, F, Strafella, A.P, Tropeani, A, Rubboli, G, Nassetti, S.A, Tassinari, C.A

“…Twelve subjects with progressive myoclonus epilepsy (PME) were studied with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), using single and paired magnetic stimuli…”
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Stimulation of the Pre-SMA Influences Cerebral Blood Flow in Frontal Areas Involved with Inhibitory Control of Action by Obeso, I, Cho, S.S, Antonelli, F, Houle, S, Jahanshahi, M, Ko, J.H, Strafella, A.P

“…Abstract Selection of the most appropriate response necessitates inhibition of competing or prepotent responses. It is important to characterize which cortical…”
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Levodopa influences striatal activity but does not affect cortical hyper-activity in Parkinson's disease by Martinu, K., Degroot, C., Madjar, C., Strafella, A. P., Monchi, O.

“…Motor studies of Parkinson’s disease (PD) have shown cortical hypo‐activity in relation to nigrostriatal dopamine depletion. Cognitive studies also identified…”
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Subthalamic deep brain stimulation does not induce striatal dopamine release in Parkinson's disease by Strafella, Antonio P, Sadikot, Abbas F, Dagher, Alain

“…Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is an increasingly prevalent treatment for advanced Parkinson's disease (PD). Its main mechanism of…”
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Bilateral globus pallidus stimulation for Huntington's disease by Moro, Elena, Lang, Anthony E., Strafella, Antonio P., Poon, Yu-Yan W., Arango, Pablo M., Dagher, Alain, Hutchison, William D., Lozano, Andres M.

“…Bilateral globus pallidus internus (GPi) deep brain stimulation (DBS) was performed in a patient with Huntington's disease (HD) with severe chorea. Stimulation…”
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Motor evoked responses to paired cortical magnetic stimulation in Parkinson's disease by Valzania, F, Strafella, A.P, Quatrale, R, Santangelo, M, Tropeani, A, Lucchi, D, Tassinari, C.A, De Grandis, D

“…We evaluated cortical excitability in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) using paired magnetic stimulation. This recent technique allows to study the…”
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The role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in bimodal divided attention: two transcranial magnetic stimulation studies by Johnson, Jennifer Adrienne, Strafella, Antonio P, Zatorre, Robert J

“…The neural processes underlying the ability to divide attention between multiple sensory modalities remain poorly understood. To investigate the role of the…”
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