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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A Review of Techniques Used to Suppress Tremor by Shelan Khudhur Saleh, Saleem Lateef Mohammed, Ali Al-Askery

“… The most frequent movement disorder is Tremor, which has an increased incidence and prevalence in people over 65 who have Parkinson's disease or essential tremors. Although not life-threatening, it prevents patients from performing their daily activities. …”
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The Swallowing Clinical Assessment Score in Parkinson’s Disease (SCAS-PD) Is a Valid and Low-Cost Tool for Evaluation of Dysphagia: A Gold-Standard Comparison Study by Larissa L. Branco, Sheila Trentin, Carla Helena Augustin Schwanke, Irenio Gomes, Fernanda Loureiro

“…Dysphagia is a predictor of mortality in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Developing alternative methods to videofluoroscopy swallowing study (VFSS) for the evaluation of dysphagia is a public health necessity. …”
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An NR2B-Dependent Decrease in the Expression of trkB Receptors Precedes the Disappearance of Dopaminergic Cells in Substantia Nigra in a Rat Model of Presymptomatic Parkinson's Dis... by Eduardo Riquelme, Jorge Abarca, Jorge M. Campusano, Gonzalo Bustos

“…Compensatory changes occurring during presymptomatic stages of Parkinson's disease (PD) would explain that the clinical symptoms of the disease appear late, when the degenerative process is quite advanced. …”
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Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Early Diagnosis and Monitoring of Movement Disorders by Emmanuel Ortega-Robles, Benito de Celis Alonso, Jessica Cantillo-Negrete, Ruben I. Carino-Escobar, Oscar Arias-Carrión

“…These techniques enable earlier and more accurate differentiation of movement disorders, including Parkinson’s disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple system atrophy, corticobasal degeneration, Lewy body and frontotemporal dementia, Huntington’s disease, and dystonia. …”
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Variants in the 3′ End of SLC6A3 in Northwest Han Population with Parkinson’s by Peiye Chang, Yongwang Fu, Ping Zhao, Chunmei Wang, Mingfang Jiang, Rui Li, Yulin He

“…Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders in neurology. …”
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The CuePed Trial: How Does Environmental Complexity Impact Cue Effectiveness? A Comparison of Tonic and Phasic Visual Cueing in Simple and Complex Environments in a Parkinson’s Dis... by Rodney Marsh, Michael H. Cole, Nadeeka N. W. Dissanayaka, Tiffany R. Au, Sandra Clewett, John D. O’Sullivan, Peter A. Silburn

“…The optimal prescription of cueing for the treatment of freezing of gait (FoG) in Parkinson’s disease (PD) is currently a difficult problem for clinicians due to the heterogeneity of cueing modalities, devices, and the limited comparative trial evidence. …”
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Noradrenergic Modulation of Cognition in Health and Disease by Olga Borodovitsyna, Matthew Flamini, Daniel Chandler

“…We further assess the changes that occur in the noradrenergic system in Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and schizophrenia and how these changes contribute to cognitive decline in these pathologies.…”
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Two-Channel Portable Biopotential Recording System Can Detect REM Sleep Behavioral Disorder: Validation Study with a Comparison of Polysomnography by Hiroshi Kataoka, Tsunenori Takatani, Kazuma Sugie

“…Sleep disorders are frequent nonmotor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Polysomnography (PSG) has been the gold standard for its assessment. …”
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High-Affinity Detection of Alpha-Synuclein by Aptamer-Gold Conjugates on an Amine-Modified Dielectric Surface by Xuemei You, Subash C. B. Gopinath, Thangavel Lakshmipriya, Dingan Li

“…Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive health issue and influences an increasingly larger number of people, especially at older ages, affecting the central nervous system (CNS). …”
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Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: Implications for the Pathogenesis of Lewy Body Diseases by Tomoyuki Miyamoto, Masayuki Miyamoto, Masaoki Iwanami, Koichi Hirata

“…In idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder, reduced odor identification score and an early or delayed heart to mediastinum ratio on 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine were almost as severe as in Parkinson's disease patients. Delayed cardiac 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine uptake was even more severe in the idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder group than in the Parkinson's disease group. …”
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An Observer-Based Event Triggered Mechanism for the Detection and Mitigation of FDI Attacks in Deep Brain Stimulation Systems by Ping Yu, Ding Yang, Khalid A. Alattas, Ardashir Mohammadzadeh, Afef Fekih

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Involvement of Coenzyme Q10 in Various Neurodegenerative and Psychiatric Diseases by Alireza Ebrahimi, Amirhossein Kamyab, Sahar Hosseini, Sedigheh Ebrahimi, Soheil Ashkani-Esfahani

“…This agent has shown its efficacy in preventing and treating neurological diseases such as migraine, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Friedreich’s ataxia. …”
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Automated karyogram analysis for early detection of genetic and neurodegenerative disorders: a hybrid machine learning approach by Sumaira Tabassum, M. Jawad Khan, Javaid Iqbal, Asim Waris, M. Adeel Ijaz

“…Anomalous chromosomes are the cause of genetic diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, epilepsy, and autism. …”
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Amperometric Biosensor Detecting Dopamine Based on Polypyrrole/Reduced Graphene Oxide/Nickel Oxide/Glassy Carbon Electrode by Shindy Ayu Netania Priyanto, Elly Septia Yulianti, Ahmad Zakiyuddin, Siti Fauziyah Rahman

“…However, abnormal levels of DA in the brain can lead to Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, or schizophrenia diseases. …”
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An Android-Based Heart Monitoring System for the Elderly and for Patients with Heart Disease by Paola Pierleoni, Luca Pernini, Alberto Belli, Lorenzo Palma

“…It is suitable for use by elderly subjects and by patients with heart disease (e.g., those recovering from myocardial infarction) or neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease. …”
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Development of a Novel Biosensor Using Cationic Antimicrobial Peptide and Nickel Phthalocyanine Ultrathin Films for Electrochemical Detection of Dopamine by Maysa F. Zampa, Inês Maria de S. Araújo, José Ribeiro dos Santos Júnior, Valtencir Zucolotto, José Roberto de S. A. Leite, Carla Eiras

“…The films were used as a biosensor to detect the presence of dopamine (DA), a neurotransmitter associated with diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, with detection limits in the order of 10−6 mol L−1. …”
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FundusNet: A Deep-Learning Approach for Fast Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative and Eye Diseases Using Fundus Images by Wenxing Hu, Kejie Li, Jake Gagnon, Ye Wang, Talia Raney, Jeron Chen, Yirui Chen, Yoko Okunuki, Will Chen, Baohong Zhang

“…Early-stage detection of neurodegenerative diseases is crucial for effective clinical treatment. …”
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The role of smell in medical and psychological disorders: An interdisciplinary approach by Giuseppe Riva

“…Concerning neurodegenerative disorders, smell impairments are often observed in Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases [7]. Functional imaging studies showed a reduced activity of the hippocampus and amygdala in response to odourous stimuli in patients with Parkinson’s disease compared with healthy controls. …”

Sacral Reflex Characteristics of Patients with Multiple System Atrophy by Zhifang Pan, Xueming Zhang, Xun Wang, Binbin Deng, Wanli Zhang, Huanjie Huang

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