Search Results - "Wooten, G. F."
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Are men at greater risk for Parkinson’s disease than women?
Published in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry (01-04-2004)“…Parkinson’s disease seems to occur more commonly in men than women based primarily on studies of death rates and prevalence. In recent years, several…”
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Prospective study of hallucinations and delusions in Parkinson's disease
Published in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry (01-06-2001)“…OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of hallucinations and delusions in Parkinson's disease, to describe such symptoms…”
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Randomized, double-blind trial of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) in PD
Published in Neurology (14-01-2003)“…To assess the safety, tolerability, and biological activity of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) administered by an implanted…”
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The effect of Parkinson's disease on interference control during action selection
Published in Neuropsychologia (01-01-2009)“…Basal ganglia structures comprise a portion of the neural circuitry that is hypothesized to coordinate the selection and suppression of competing responses…”
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The effect of speed-accuracy strategy on response interference control in Parkinson's disease
Published in Neuropsychologia (01-07-2009)“…Studies that used conflict paradigms such as the Eriksen Flanker task show that many individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) have pronounced difficulty…”
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Optimizing the ongoing search for new treatments for parkinson disease : Using futility designs
Published in Neurology (14-03-2006)“…Many agents are being considered for treatment of Parkinson disease (PD). Given the large number of agents and the limited resources to evaluate new agents, it…”
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BDNF genetic variants are associated with onset age of familial Parkinson disease : GenePD Study
Published in Neurology (13-12-2005)“…Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) stimulates neuronal growth and protects nigral dopamine neurons in animal models of Parkinson disease (PD). Therefore,…”
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Agonists vs levodopa in PD: the thrilla of whitha
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Autosomal dominant subcortical gliosis presenting as frontotemporal dementia
Published in Neurology (20-01-2009)“…To describe a multigenerational kindred with a frontotemporal dementia clinical syndrome (FTDS), extensive subcortical gliosis pathology, and autosomal…”
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Herbicide exposure modifies GSTP1 haplotype association to parkinson onset age : The GenePD study
Published in Neurology (26-12-2006)“…Polymorphisms in the glutathione S-transferase pi gene (GSTP1), encoding GSTP1-1, a detoxification enzyme, may increase the risk of Parkinson disease (PD) with…”
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A haplotype at the PARK3 locus influences onset age for Parkinson's disease: The GenePD study
Published in Neurology (09-12-2003)“…To identify a haplotype influencing onset age for Parkinson's disease (PD) in the PARK3 region on chromosome 2p13. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP)…”
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Epidemiologic study of 203 sibling pairs with Parkinson's disease: The GenePD study
Published in Neurology (08-01-2002)“…To examine patterns of familial aggregation and factors influencing onset age in a sample of siblings with PD. Sibling pairs (n = 203) with PD were collected…”
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Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Cybrid Lines Expressing Mitochondrial Genes from Patients with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Published in Journal of neurochemistry (01-10-2000)“…: Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a neurodegenerative movement disorder of unknown etiology. We hypothesized that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) aberration…”
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Absence of previously reported variants in the SCNA (G88C and G209A), NR4A2 (T291D and T245G) and the DJ-1 (T497C) genes in familial Parkinson's disease from the GenePD study
Published in Movement disorders (01-09-2005)“…Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder in which relatives of the probands are affected approximately 4 times as frequently as relatives of…”
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Effect of chronic oral domperidone therapy on gastrointestinal symptoms and gastric emptying in patients with parkinson's disease
Published in Movement disorders (01-11-1997)“…This study investigated whether domperidone could improve gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease who were receiving levodopa therapy. A…”
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Matrilineal inheritance of complex I dysfunction in a multigenerational Parkinson's disease family
Published in Annals of neurology (01-12-1998)“…Recent data suggesting complex I dysfunction in Parkinson's disease (PD) arises from mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutation does not conclusively answer whether…”
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Diagnosis and Initial Management of Parkinson's Disease
Published in The New England journal of medicine (08-09-2005)“…A 62-year-old man presents with an intermittent tremor in his left hand and some vague discomfort in the left arm. Physical examination shows a minimal rest…”
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Gender ratio differences between Parkinson's disease patients and their affected relatives
Published in Parkinsonism & related disorders (01-04-2001)“…Mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson's disease (PD) is suspected to arise from either acquired or inherited mutation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). If…”
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Genome-wide scan for Parkinson's disease: The genePD Study
Published in Neurology (25-09-2001)“…A genome-wide scan for idiopathic PD in a sample of 113 PD-affected sibling pairs is reported. Suggestive evidence for linkage was found for chromosomes 1 (214…”
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Clinical correlates of sleep benefit in Parkinson's disease
Published in Neurology (01-04-1997)“…The phenomenon of sleep benefit, a period of lessened disability or feeling "on" upon awakening from sleep in the morning, has received scant attention in the…”
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