Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a rather common movement disorder as a result of the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons within the substantianigra. Current treatments for PD afford symptomatic relief with no prevention of disease progression. Due to the neuroprotective and anti-apoptotic potential of the isoquinoline alkaloid berberine (BBR), this study was conducted to assess whether BBR pretrea...

abstract   introduction: it is demonstrated that the degree of clinical improvement in   parkinson's disease (pd) achieved by deep brain stimulation (dbs) is largely dependent   on the accuracy of lead placement. in addition, individual variability in the   situation of subthalamic nucleus (stn) is responsible for spatial inter-individual   fluctuations of the real patient's target.  ...

background: parkinson's disease (pd) is a neurodegenerative disorder impairing motor, verbal and other abilities. visual evoked potential (vep) assessment is a useful method for analysis of visual system and its function. the present study was designed in order to evaluate whether vep changes are associated with pd. m aterials and methods: in the present study, 100 subjects encompassing 40 pati...

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a rather common movement disorder as a result of the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons within the substantianigra. Current treatments for PD afford symptomatic relief with no prevention of disease progression. Due to the neuroprotective and anti-apoptotic potential of the isoquinoline alkaloid berberine (BBR), this study was conducted to assess whether BBR pretrea...

We present findings of a 10-year retrospective study, analysing the reasons for rejection neurosurgical intervention (deep brain stimulation or DBS) in patients with Parkinsons disease, who were referred to an extrapyramidal movement disorders clinic and then neurosurgery centre. It was found that after screening, 78.6% as candidates treatment rejected, while 21.4% centre, where 12% underwent s...

Background: Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation (STN-DBS) is highly effective in alleviating motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) which are not optimally controlled by dopamine replacement therapy. Clinical studies and reports suggest that STN-DBS may result in increased impulsivity and de novo impulse control disorders (ICD). Objective/Hypothesis: We aimed to compare performance o...