Progress and Prospects in Parkinson's Research/Symptoms/M - N

The A-Z of Parkinson's Symptoms

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Mad Hatter's Disease

Redirected to ( To subpage for editing >> ) Erethism Pathological irritability or sensitivity of an organ or a body part. This symptom (also known as Mad Hatter's Disease is commonly associated with mercury toxicity, (prevalent in hat manufacture) which is itself a noted causal risk for PD. The following references are relevant:- Critchley (1981) Speech disorders of Parkinsonism: a review. Clarkson et al (2003) Human Exposure to Mercury: the Three Modern Dilemmas Liu et al (2012) Occupational Neurotoxic Diseasesin Taiwan Further Research Search the scientific literature Literature search: Use the following links to query the PubMed, PubMed Central and Google Scholar databases using the Search terms:- Parkinson's_Disease Erethism. This will list the latest papers on this topic. You are invited to update this page to reflect such recent results, pointing out their significance. Pubmed (abstracts) Pubmed_Central (Full_Text) Google_Scholar References

Masking

Redirected to ( To subpage for editing >> ) Amimia Fixed and vacant expression (masking) Very little research has been carried out on this common PD symptom but the following are relevant :- Allen (1931) The Dissociation of voluntary and emotional movements of the face with special reference to emotional paresis as a physical sign Hemmesch et al (2009)The Influence of Facial Masking and Sex on Older Adults’ Impressions of Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease. Clark et al (2011) Visual Exploration of Emotional Facial Expressions in Parkinson's Disease Tickle-Degnen et al (2011) Culture, Gender and Health Care Stigma: Practitioners’ Response to Facial Masking Experienced by People with Parkinson’s Disease < Further Research Search the scientific literature Literature search: Use the following links to query the PubMed, PubMed Central and Google Scholar databases using the Search terms:- Parkinson's_Disease Amimia. This will list the latest papers on this topic. You are invited to update this page to reflect such recent results, pointing out their significance. Pubmed (abstracts) Pubmed_Central (Full_Text) Google_Scholar References

Micrographia

( To subpage for editing >> ) Micrographia Microscopic handwriting The following references are relevant:- Oliveira et al (1997) Micrographia in Parkinson's disease: the effect of providing external cues Dounskaia et al (2009) Biased Wrist and Finger Coordination in Parkinsonian Patients during Performance of Graphical Tasks Shukla et al (2012) Micrographia and related deficits in Parkinson's disease: a cross-sectional study Further Research Search the scientific literature Literature search: Use the following links to query the PubMed, PubMed Central and Google Scholar databases using the Search terms:- Parkinson's_Disease Micrographia . This will list the latest papers on this topic. You are invited to update this page to reflect such recent results, pointing out their significance. Micrographia Pubmed (abstracts) Micrographia Pubmed_Central (Full_Text) Micrographia Google_Scholar References

Motor fluctuations

( To subpage for editing >> ) Motor fluctuations 'On-off' periods, wearing off, dose failures, and freezing associated with long-term levodopa use The following references are relevant:- Bordelon et al (2011) Medication Responsiveness of Motor Symptoms in a Population-Based Study of Parkinson Disease / Bohnen et al (2011) Leucoaraiosis, nigrostriatal denervation and motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease Mera et al (2012) Feasibility of home-based automated Parkinson’s disease motor assessment Further Research Search the scientific literature Literature search: Use the following links to query the PubMed, PubMed Central and Google Scholar databases using the Search terms:- Parkinson's_Disease Motor_fluctuations. This will list the latest papers on this topic. You are invited to update this page to reflect such recent results, pointing out their significance. Pubmed (abstracts) Pubmed_Central (Full_Text) Google_Scholar References

Mydriasis (Dilated pupils)

( To subpage for editing >> ) Mydriasis Dilated pupils. The following references are relevant:- Bitsios et al (1998) Comparison of the effects of moclobemide and selegiline on tyramine-evoked mydriasis in man Mojunder and Wensel (2009) Topical Mydriatics Affect Light-Evoked Retinal Responses in Anesthetized Mice Armstrong (2011) Visual Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease Further Research Search the scientific literature Literature search: Use the following links to query the PubMed, PubMed Central and Google Scholar databases using the Search terms:- Parkinson's_Disease Mydriasis. This will list the latest papers on this topic. You are invited to update this page to reflect such recent results, pointing out their significance. Pubmed (abstracts) Pubmed_Central (Full_Text) Google_Scholar References

Myoclonus(Sudden unexpected jerks)

( To subpage for editing >> ) Myoclonus Sudden violent jerks. The following references are relevant:- Mera et al (2011) Feasibility of home-based automated Parkinson’s disease motor assessment Lanska (2010) Chapter 33: the history of movement disorders Kojovic et al (2011) Myoclonic disorders: a practical approach for diagnosis and treatment Further Research Search the scientific literature Literature search: Use the following links to query the PubMed, PubMed Central and Google Scholar databases using the Search terms:- Parkinson's_Disease Myoclonus. This will list the latest papers on this topic. You are invited to update this page to reflect such recent results, pointing out their significance. Pubmed (abstracts) Pubmed_Central (Full_Text) Google_Scholar References

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Narcolepsy

( To subpage for editing >> ) Narcolepsy Sudden urge to sleep. The following references are relevant:- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1978248/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22747735 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22939103 Further Research Search the scientific literature Literature search: Use the following links to query the PubMed, PubMed Central and Google Scholar databases using the Search terms:- Parkinson's_Disease Narcolepsy. This will list the latest papers on this topic. You are invited to update this page to reflect such recent results, pointing out their significance. Pubmed (abstracts) Pubmed_Central (Full_Text) Google_Scholar References

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Links to the symptoms of Parkinson's in alphabetical order:

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