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The New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute Announces Partnership with Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative
October 16, 2013
… without PD but with known risk factors—smell loss, REM sleep behavior disorder and certain genetic mutations—to … with decreased sense of smell and people with REM sleep behavior disorder) and a genetics arm is evaluating …
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Ask the MD: Mental Health Professionals and your Parkinson’s Care Team
October 21, 2019
… which can look like changes in energy, motivation or sleep. And depression is the number one predictor of quality … of the potential non-motor symptoms — motivation, energy, sleep problems and perception changes (such as …
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Ask the MD: Being in the Hospital with Parkinson’s
July 13, 2022
… sick or the illness itself, an unfamiliar environment, sleep interruptions, new medications, not getting PD … drugs, which may be used for hallucinations, confusion or sleep problems. Examples include Haldol (haloperidol) and …
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The Michael J. Fox Foundation Partners with Canadian Parkinson’s Community to Expand International Landmark Parkinson's Study
April 10, 2023
… the coming months. PPMI is also recruiting people with REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD). This sleep condition, where an individual yells, kicks or even …
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Biospecimens
… subjects with Parkinson's risk factors of hyposmia or REM sleep behavior disorder 372 LRRK2 mutation carriers; 246 GBA … neurobehavioral, neuropsychological, autonomic, olfaction, sleep) Imaging: fMRI, DaTSCAN SPECT, DTI, AV-133 Biologic: … (cognitive, neurobehavioral, neuropsychological, autonomic, sleep) Biologic: e.g. spinal fluid alpha-synuclein, …
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Prepare for Your Next Doctors Appointment by Charting Your Symptoms
February 20, 2012
… just fine when I was ON. I always felt better right after sleeping or eating a chocolate chip cookie. I thought about …