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EClinicalMedicine
December 2024
Coma Science Group, GIGA Consciousness, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
Background: Apomorphine is a dopaminergic candidate therapy to improve recovery in patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness (PDoC). Behavioural improvements were previously described in non-controlled case series, but its efficacy and neural mechanisms remain largely unknown. This open-label controlled study using multimodal outcome measures investigates the action of apomorphine in severely brain-injured patients.
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September 2024
Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Background: Gender differences in the access to advanced therapies for Parkinson's disease (PD) are poorly investigated.
Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the presence of any gender disparity in the access to advanced therapies for PD.
Design: Retrospective study.
Mov Disord Clin Pract
September 2024
Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
Front Med (Lausanne)
August 2024
Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
Introduction: Akinetic crisis is a severe deterioration of motor performance occurring in syndromes with pre- or postsynaptic dopaminergic deficit, necessitating effective dopamine replacement therapy. The subcutaneously applicable levodopa derivative foslevodopa represents a new therapeutic option for patients with advanced Parkinson's disease as a continuous therapy. However, its potential role as a parenteral treatment option for akinetic crisis has not been investigated, yet.
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