Publications by authors named "Dana Brinker"

Background: The decision to choose invasive treatments for Parkinson's disease (PD) is complex and needs careful consideration.

Objectives: Although the recommendations of the European Academy of Neurology/Movement Disorder Society European Section guideline for invasive therapies of PD are useful, the different clinical profiles of people with PD who seek advice for possible invasive therapy need further attention.

Methods And Results: Here we describe 8 clinical standard situations of people with PD unsatisfied with their current oral treatment where invasive therapies may be considered.

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Background: Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN-DBS) is an effective and evidence-based treatment for idiopathic Parkinson's disease (iPD). A minority of patients does not sufficiently benefit from STN-DBS.

Objective: The predictive validity of the levodopa challenge for individual patients is analyzed.

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Background: Questionable signs of dystonia are a common finding in patients with essential tremor (ET). Brain structural alterations in ET patients plus dystonic soft signs (ET + ds) in comparison to ET patients without dystonic soft signs (ET-ds) or patients with tremor associated with manifest dystonia (TAWD) have not been examined yet. Therefore, our study aims to explore alterations of brain grey matter in patients with ET + ds.

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