Frequency of non-motor symptoms and their impact on the quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease: a prospective descriptive case series.

Aim: In this study, we aimed to show non-motor symptoms (NMS), in addition to motor symptoms, in the foreground of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD). We also examined the prevalence of dopamine dysregulation syndrome, which can be evaluated based on NMS, its risk factors, and its effects on quality of life (QOL) by using various scales and questionnaires.

Methods: In total, 75 patients with IPD (46 men, 29 women) who attend the outpatient neurology clinic of our hospital were included in the study.

Pathophysiology underlying drooling in Parkinson's disease: oropharyngeal bradykinesia.

We aimed to investigate the association between drooling and possible etiological factors in Parkinson's disease (PD) and to determine its effect on the quality of life. Demographic data of the 63 patients with idiopathic PD were recorded. Radboud Oral Motor Inventory for Parkinson's disease (ROMP) test was administered to all patients to evaluate speech, swallowing functions, and saliva control.

Elevated interictal serum HSP-70 levels as an indicator of neurodegeneration for chronic migraine.

Objective: To investigate whether there is a relationship between chronic migraine and heat shock protein-70.

Methods: The case-control progressive study was conducted at Ankara Numune Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, from January to June 2013, and comprised patients over 18 years of age who were diagnosed with chronic migraine and did not have any other known neurological illness. Age and gender-matched volunteers with no history of headache or neurological illness were included as controls.