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Cynthia Comella, MD
… Medical Center and is board certified in neurology and sleep medicine. She is an expert on Parkinson's disease, … of dystonia, pharmacological studies of movement disorders, sleep problems in Parkinson's disease, restless leg …
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Wave of Parkinson’s Research Updates: New Findings and Studies
January 21, 2020
… length of follow-up. Biogen Buys Drug to Treat Parkinson’s Sleep Problems Another company also reported plans to test a … the compound in people with Parkinson’s and with irregular sleep wake rhythm disorder. This condition disrupts normal …
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Trial to Test Therapy for Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Parkinson's Opens
February 28, 2017
… a Phase II trial to test a therapy for excessive daytime sleepiness in people with Parkinson's disease (PD). Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is a non-motor symptom of Parkinson's that may affect up to half of all individuals with PD. Sleepiness might be part of the underlying disease, a side …
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My Research Journey: Finding Information and Optimism
August 6, 2024
… wanted more. After singing, kicking and sitting up in her sleep, she was handed a REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) diagnosis from a sleep doctor …
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Michele Hu, MBBS, FRCP, PhD
… prodromal Parkinson's disease, with particular focus on REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) and how sleep affects neurodegeneration. Her interests include the …
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Multimodal assessment of gastric motility in subjects at (pre)clinical stages of Parkinson´s Disease - A pathohistological and functional in-vivo-testing of Braak's pathoanatomical model
… Objective/Rationale: Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) is a sleep disorder that presents with dream-enactments (vigorous movements, speech) during REM sleep. Patients with RBD frequently develop …