Evolving concepts on bradykinesia

M Bologna, G Paparella, A Fasano, M Hallett… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Bradykinesia is one of the cardinal motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease and other
parkinsonisms. The various clinical aspects related to bradykinesia and the …

The pharmacology of neuroplasticity induced by non‐invasive brain stimulation: building models for the clinical use of CNS active drugs

MA Nitsche, F Müller‐Dahlhaus… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The term neuroplasticity encompasses structural and functional modifications of neuronal
connectivity. Abnormal neuroplasticity is involved in various neuropsychiatric diseases, such …

Parkinson's disease disrupts both automatic and controlled processing of action verbs

L Fernandino, LL Conant, JR Binder, K Blindauer… - Brain and language, 2013 - Elsevier
The problem of how word meaning is processed in the brain has been a topic of intense
investigation in cognitive neuroscience. While considerable correlational evidence exists for …

Transcranial direct current stimulation for treatment of freezing of gait: A cross‐over study

F Valentino, G Cosentino, F Brighina… - Movement …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background and objective Progression of Parkinson's disease (PD) is frequently
characterized by the occurrence of freezing of gait (FOG) representing a disabling motor …

Transcranial direct current stimulation in Parkinson's disease: Neurophysiological mechanisms and behavioral effects

S Broeder, E Nackaerts, E Heremans… - Neuroscience & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Recent research has highlighted the potential of transcranial direct current stimulation
(tDCS) to complement rehabilitation effects in the elderly and in patients with neurological …

Where is the action? Action sentence processing in Parkinson's disease

L Fernandino, LL Conant, JR Binder, K Blindauer… - Neuropsychologia, 2013 - Elsevier
According to an influential view of conceptual representation, action concepts are
understood through motoric simulations, involving motor networks of the brain. A stronger …

On the use of TMS to investigate the pathophysiology of neurodegenerative diseases

V Rawji, A Latorre, N Sharma, JC Rothwell… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Neurodegenerative diseases are a collection of disorders that result in the progressive
degeneration and death of neurons. They are clinically heterogenous and can present as …

Lack of LTP-like plasticity in primary motor cortex in Parkinson's disease

A Suppa, L Marsili, D Belvisi, A Conte, E Iezzi… - Experimental …, 2011 - Elsevier
In this study in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), off and on dopaminergic therapy, with
and without L-dopa-induced dyskinesias (LIDs), we tested intermittent theta-burst stimulation …

Transcranial magnetic stimulation as a tool to induce and explore plasticity in humans

A Suppa, F Asci, A Guerra - Handbook of Clinical Neurology, 2022 - Elsevier
Activity-dependent synaptic plasticity is the main theoretical framework to explain
mechanisms of learning and memory. Synaptic plasticity can be explored experimentally in …

Primary motor cortex of the parkinsonian monkey: altered encoding of active movement

B Pasquereau, MR DeLong, RS Turner - Brain, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abnormalities in the movement-related activation of the primary motor cortex (M1) are
thought to be a major contributor to the motor signs of Parkinson's disease. The existing …