By: Mallory Bachmann UF researchers uncover a paradox in the brain that may open the door to earlier treatment. A Tale of Two Neuron Types In the human brain, two neighboring regions are packed with dopamine-producing neurons. One, called the substantia nigra (SNc), plays a key role in controlling movement…
By: Grace Huff On World Parkinson’s Day, the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health reaffirms its commitment to advancing care for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) not just in the clinic, but in every hospital room where patients living with PD may find themselves at their most…
Parkinson’s disease (PD) affects people of all races, ethnicities and ages. However, there is a common misconception that PD only impacts older white men. This has been exacerbated and stereotyped by images of older white men demonstrating a hunched-over posture with tremors all over the internet and social media. …
Caregivers Count Written by Kathleen Mason Between 1990-2015, those diagnosed with PD grew from 2.6 million to 6.3 million worldwide. Currently, in the U.S., 34 million care for an adult over 50, more than half with a neurodegenerative disease such as Parkinson’s. You are not alone! Behind each of…
The Suncoast News Network has done a multi-part series on one of our Parkinson disease patients as he went through the process 0f getting deep brain stimulation. Mr. Delaney discusses his Parkinson disease and what led to the decision to get the surgery. Then reporter and anchor Hallie Peilet from…
Dr. Michael Okun presented “DBS Outcomes: What can you expect in the short term and the long term?” at the 2016 World Parkinson Congress. To watch: Click here to register Choose September 21st Click Dr. Okun’s talk in the list There are lots of other great talks on that…
One of the biggest non-motor complaints for Parkinson’s patients is a decline in motivation to participate in daily activities. If it is taking every effort to get off your couch or out of your bed to engage in desired activities, you may be experiencing a very common symptom of Parkinson’s…
Read Dr. Okun’s article on ultrasound for tremor and maybe one day Parkinson’s disease in the New England Journal of Medicine Journal Watch Neurology (full version) or on the blog at Parkinsonsecrets.com…
Two medical students at the University of Florida Center for movement disorders and neurorestoration write about the demise of two Harvard neurologist’s theory that Parkinson’s disease would disappear as all the flu (influenza) epidemic survivors died off. Read their great paper in this months journal article…
University of Florida medical student Kaihan Fakhar published an important paper this month on estimation of deep brain stimulator battery life. This paper was a follow-up to a previous medical student’s work (Mike Montuno) developing electronic web-based estimators for clinicians and patients. This is a very important paper which lays…
