background: rheumatoid arthritis (ra) is the most prevalent chronic infl ammatory disease of the joints. it is correlated with periodontal disease due to similar factors that exist in both diseases. the present study assessed the relationship of periodontal disease with ra and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (jia). materials and methods: in this case-control study, 30 ra and 30 jia patients along...

Making flexible associations between what we see and what we do is important for many everyday tasks. Previous work in patients with focal lesions has shown that the control of saccadic eye movements in such contexts relies on a network of areas in the frontal cerebral cortex. These regions are reciprocally connected with structures in the basal ganglia although the contribution of these sub-co...

the immunoreceptor programmed cell death-1 (pd-1) is a cell surface molecule that is reported to play an important role in the regulation of peripheral tolerance. it has been shown that pd-1 gene is associated with susceptibility to the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) in humans. however, there are no reports on the association between this gene and multiple sclerosis (ms)....

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the most widespread movement condition and second common neurodegenerative disorder, following Alzheimer’s. Movement symptoms imaging techniques are popular ways to diagnose this disease. However, they not accurate fast may only be accessible a few people. This study provides an autonomous system, i.e., PD-ADSV, for diagnosing PD based on voice signals, which uses fo...

Introduction: Long-term levodopa treatment of Parkinson’s disease (PD) is frequently complicated by spontaneously occurring involuntary muscle movements called dyskinesia. The exact pathological mechanism of this complication has not yet been elucidated. We have previously demonstrated that in PD patients the vulnerability to develop peripheral but not orofacial dyskinesia is associated w...

Introduction: Parkinson Disease (PD), the second most common chronic neurodegenerative disorder, is characterized by tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity, and postural instability. SHANK3 (SH3 and multiple ankyrin repeat domain 3) belongs to the extremely conserved ProSAP/ Shank family of synaptic scaffolding proteins. Meanwhile, rs9616915 is a non-synonymous SNP (T>C) located in the exon 6 of the SH...

Objective: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is regarded as the second most common neurodegenerative disease affecting elderly population. There is a tendency toward finding natural cures to suppress the initiation and progression of this disease. Some epidemiological studies indicated lower incidence of PD in populations that consume curry. Curcumin, as the main ingredient of turmeric, has been suppose...

background and objective: parkinson's disease (pd) is a movement disorder with debilitating symptoms. available treatments for pd mainly include its symptomatic relief with no prevention of its progression. due to the iron-chelating and antioxidant effect of phytic acid (pa), this study was conducted to assess its protective effect in 6-hydroxydopamine-induced model of pd in rat. materials and ...