Update on Movement Disorders – Five New Things in Parkinson’s Disease
Journal Title: BMH Medical Journal - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Movement disorders is a branch of neurology that deals with disorders of the extrapyramidal system. Most such disorders have pathology in the basal ganglia or the cerebellum or their connections to the rest of the brain. Parkinson's disease is perhaps the best known example of movement disorders. Another example is Huntington's disease, which has become one of the most well studied genetic disorder in neurology. Other common movement disorders include essential tremor, dystonia and Tourette syndrome. This article will focus on 5 new contributions to the field of movement disorders focusing on Parkinson's disease from our research group and how these have influenced the medical field.
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Thyagarajan Subramanian, Kala Venkiteswaran
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