The activity of multiple genes in the brain varies according to sex among people with Parkinson’s disease, a new study reports. These differences may contribute to discrepancies in how Parkinson’s tends to affect men and women. “While males have a higher age-adjusted disease incidence and are more frequently affected…
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High-frequency stimulation of both the brain’s primary motor cortex (M1) and its dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) — two regions with altered activity in Parkinson’s disease — may be the optimal use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in easing Parkinson’s motor symptoms, a meta-analysis study reported. In analyzing data from…
Researchers have developed a video-based algorithm to predict the severity of tremor in Parkinson’s disease patients based on the criteria of the Movement Disorder Society-Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS). The new algorithm was found to identify tremors, both resting and postural, with high accuracy — ranging from…
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