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Houston, Texas

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Poster and Platform Presentations

by BCM Neurology

American Epilepsy Society (AES)
63rd Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts (Dec. 4-8, 2009)

Prospectively determining seizure-related injuries in epilepsy: Results from the first 14 months of systematic assessment.

Friedman D

High frequency EEG activity associated with ictal events in the TTX model of infantile spasms.

Frost J, Lee C, Hrachovy R, Swann J

Epilepsy and neurocysticercosis in Houston, Texas.

Kung D, Serpa-Alvarez J, Kass J, Friedman D

Baylor College of Medicine
Current Neurology 2009 in Houston, Texas (Oct. 31 - Nov. 1, 2009)

Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)
59th Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana (Oct. 24-29, 2009)

Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
39th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois (Oct. 17-21, 2009)

MeCP2 regulation of GABAergic neuronal function modulates behavior and synaptic plasticity.

Chao H-T, Chen H, Samaco RC, Chahrour M, Xue M, Yoo J, Neul JL, Gong S, Heintz N, Ekker M, Rubenstein J, Noebels JL, Rosenmund C, Zoghbi HY

Functional correlation of brain loci during cognitive tasks in multiple sclerosis.

Helekar SA, Shin JC, Mattson BJ, Bartley K, Stosic M, Saldana-King T, Montague PR, Hutton GJ

Selective expression and cellular localization of pro-inflammatory chemokine ligand/receptor pairs in the sciatic nerves of a severe murine experimental autoimmune neuritis model of Guillain-Barré Syndrome.

Ubogu EE, Yosef N, Xia RH

Spontaneous epilepsy and neuronal hyperexcitability in Kv12.2 -/- mice.

Zhang X, Bertaso F, Yoo J, Schmedt C, Clancy S, Noebels JL, Jegla T

American Neurological Association (ANA)
134th Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland (Oct. 11-14, 2009)

American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM)
56th Annual Meeting in San Diego, California (Oct. 7-10, 2009)

European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS)
25th Congress in Düsseldorf, Germany (Sept. 9-12, 2009)

US Department of Defense
Military Health Research Forum 2009 in Kansas City, Missouri (Aug. 31 - Sept. 3, 2009)

VA Mental Health
3rd Annual Conference in Washington, DC (July 21-23, 2009)

Clinical depression, anxiety, and PTSD as risk factors for morbidity following coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.

Dao T, Nguyen Q, Chu D, Anderson T, Springer J, Collins R, Pastorek N

Association of trauma and PTSD with dementia and other physical illnesses in older veterans.

Qureshi S, Schulz P, Pyne J, Magruder K, Kimbrell T, Hudson T, Kunik M

2009 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD)
Vienna, Austria (July 11-16, 2009)

University of Texas School of Public Health
Alzheimers and Dementia Research Symposium in Houston, Texas (June 17, 2009)

Does diabetes mellitus alter the clinical course of vascular dementia?

Murthy S, Jawaid A, Shah S, Qureshi S, Shah J, Johnson M, Wilson A, Kalkonde Y, Kunik M, Schulz P

Movement Disorder Society (MDS)
13th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders in Paris, France (June 7-11, 2009)

Effects of antiparkinsonian medications on forward and backward gait patterns in persons with Parkinson's disease (PD).

Bryant MS, Rintala DH, Fernandez AL, Hou JG, Lai EC, Protas EJ

Long-term deep brain stimulation for essential tremor: 12- year clinicopathologic follow up and literature review.

DiLorenzo DJ, Jankovic J, Simpson RK, Takei H, Powell SZ

Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial of pregabalin in essential tremor.

Ferrara FM, Kenney C, Davidson AL, Shinawi L, Kissel AM, Jankovic J

Impact of STN-DBS on health-related quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Ferrara JM, Diamond A, Davidson A , Almaguer M, Jankovic J

Tourette syndrome in adults.

Gelineau-Kattner RN, Jankovic J, Davidson AL

Efficacy and safety of NT 201 (botulinum neurotoxin type A free from complexing proteins) in treatment-naive cervical dystonia patients.

Grafe S, Comella C, Jankovic J, Truong D, Hanschmann A

Efficacy and safety of NT 201, botulinum neurotoxin type A free from complexing proteins) in pre-treated cervical dystonia patients.

Grafe S, Comella C, Jankovic J, Truong D, Hanschmann A

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of topiramate in the treatment of Tourette syndrome.

Jankovic J, Jimenez-Shahed J, Brown LW

Pilocarpine-induced myotic response is greater in PD than in MSA patients.

Lanzafame S, Mostile G, Contrafatto D, Raciti L, Sorbello V, Luca A, Nicoletti A, Zappia M

Transcription factor PITX3 in Parkinson's disease.

Le W, Nguyen D, Lin W, Rawal P, Ding Y, Xie W, Deng H, Jankovic J

Gait analysis is more sensitive than finger tapping or UPDRS motor scores in assessment of the motor response to levodopa in Parkinson's disease.

Moore ST, Shinawi L, Ondo WG

Correlation between Kinesia system assessments and clinical TETRAS scores in patients with essential tremor.

Mostile G, Giuffrida JP, A dam OR, Davidson A, Jankovic J

Intravenous iron dextran for severe refractory restless legs syndrome.

Ondo WG

Task specific writing tremor: Series and outcomes.

Ondo WG, Satija P, Ummat M

17-AAG protects against rotenone-induced apoptosis in SHSY5Y cells via HSP70 induction.

Pan T, Xie W, Jankovic J, Le W

Resveratrol, a polyphenol found in red wine, protects against rotenone-induced apoptosis through autophagy induction.

Pan T, Xie W, Le W, Jankovic J

The course of depressive symptoms in early Parkinson's disease.

Ravina B, Elm J, Camicioli R, Como P, Marsh L, Jankovic J, Weintraub D

Parkinson's disease – Characteristics of disease onset in a veteran population.

Sarwar AI, Lai EC

Mood differences between women diagnosed with psychogenic movement disorders and psychogenic seizures.

Strutt AM, Ferrara J, Hill S, York MK, Uber-Zak L, Fogel T, Jankovic J

Type and intensity of daily energy expenditures among Parkinson's disease patients based upon their body weight.

Trail M, Petersen NJ, Nelson N, Lai EC

Assessment of medical care for patients with Parkinson's disease during hospitalization.

Wu LJ, Ward CT, Moore S, Hou JG, Nelson N, Fincher L, Atassi F, Lai EC

Neuroprotection trials in Parkinson's disease.

Yaltho TC, Hart RG, Pearce LA, Ravina BM, Marler JR

Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC)
23rd Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia (May 27-30, 2009)

Clinical and radiographic improvement of an acutely aggressive case of multiple sclerosis treated with cyclophosphamide.

Avila M, Prieto PG, Robles L, Hutton GJ, Rivera VM

Prevalence of sleep disorders in multiple sclerosis.

Avila M, Robles L, Prieto P, Bernitsas E, Stosic M, Hutton GJ, Rivera VM

Spasmodic dysphonia in MS: A rare symptom or a possible association?

Bernitsas E, Hutton GJ, Rivera VM

Seizures in MS patients: A retrospective study.

Bernitsas E, Stosic M, Hutton GH, Rivera VM

HALT-MS--Intense immunosuppression and stem cell transplantation for RRMS.

Hutton GJ, Bowen J, Forman S, Frohman E, Griffith L, Kraft G, Muraro P, Openshaw H, Popat U, Racke M, Sayre P, Stuve O, Wundes A, Nash R

Long-term sc IFN beta-1a treatment in RRMS: Cumulative dose effects.

Jeffery D, Rivera VM

Continuous vs non-continuous long-term sc IFN beta-1a treatment in RRMS.

Rivera VM, Jeffery D

Difusse white matter abnormalities and neurologic manifestations in a patient with anti-ro positive antibodies. Case Report..

Robles L, Prieto P, DeAlvare L, Hutton GJ, Rivera VM

Occurrence of herpes zoster in multiple sclerosis patients treated with natalizumab.

Robles L, Prieto P, Rivera VM, Hutton GJ

American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
96th Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington (May 8-12, 2009)

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
61st Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington (April 25 - May 2, 2009)

The written and oral administration of the Symbol Digit Modality Test in Huntington disease.

Adam O, Halton S, Mostile G, Jankovic J

How well does the ADAS-cog measure the spectrum of Alzheimer's disease severity? An item response theory analysis.

Benge J, Balsis S, Geraci L, Massman P, Doody R

The non motor staging of Parkinson's disease: Results from an international study.

Chaudhuri KR, Martinez-Martin P, Sherman R, Naidu Y, Odin P, Sethi K, Ondo W, Stocchi F, Schapira A, PD Non Motor Group

Polyarteritis nodosa-type vasculitis isolated to the central nervous system: A first case report of a fulminant primary CNS vasculitis variant.

Chern J, Kung D, Kass J

Efficacy and safety of NT 201 (neurotoxin free from complexing proteins) in cervical dystonia.

Comella C, Jankovic J, Truong D, Hanschmann A, Grafe S

Age at onset and pre- morbid IQ influence early progression rates in AD.

Doody R, Chan W, Pavlik V, Massman P, Darby E, Rountree S, Szigeti K

Material specific memory impairment is associated with unilateral cingulum bundle structural integrity in intractable temporal lobe epilepsy.

Dulay M, Verma A, Karmonik C, Xue Z, Strutt A, York M, Haykal H, Grossman R

Apocynin decreases consequences of nitric oxide synthase uncoupling in experimental neonatal hypoxia-ischemia.

Fabian R, Kent T

Levodopa-induced dyskinesias in spinocerebellar ataxia type 2.

Ferrara JM, Adam OR, Ondo WG

Correlations of serum uric acid levels with Parkinson's disease symptom severity.

Hou JG, Lai EC

Efficacy and safety of NT 201 (botulinum neurotoxin free from complexing proteins) in blepharospasm.

Jankovic J, Comella C, Hanschmann A, Grafe S

A post-hoc analysis of cumulative dose effects of subcutaneous interferon beta-1a on clinical and MRI outcomes in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: Results over the long term.

Jeffery D, Rivera V

Long-term effects of interferon beta-1a dose on relapse rate in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: Results from a post- hoc analysis of PRISMS study data.

Jeffery D, Rivera V

An efficient and robust method for the fractional anisotropy analysis of white matter tracts based on automated template matching in talairach space.

Karmonik C, Dulay M, Verma A, York M, Grossman R

Toxoplasmosis myopathy as a manifestation of HIV immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome.

Kung D, Hubenthal E, Shelburne S, Goodman J, Kwan J, Kass J

Survival among veterans with Parkinson's disease.

Kuo SH, Moore S, White D, Lai EC

ApoE genotype in ALS.

McDowell E, Jawaid A, Poon M, Rice L, Salamone A, Strutt A, York M, Appel S, Schulz P

Searching for unicorns: The neurologist as diagnostician for rare disorders.

Mosier D, Smith R

Rapamycin protects against rotenone-induced apoptosis through autophagy induction in SH-SY5Y cells.

Pan T, Xie W, Rawal P, Jankovic J, Le W

A controlled study of the long-term cognitive outcome of bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation.

Williams A, Arzola GM, Strutt AM, Simpson R, Jankovic J, York MK

Study of orthostatic regulation in patients with Parkinson's disease receiving deep brain stimulation.

Wu L, Hou JG, Lai EC

HALT MS – Phase II clinical trial of high dose immunosuppressive therapy and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for active relapsing- remitting multiple sclerosis.

Wundes A, Bowen J, Kraft G, Hutton G, Openshaw H, Forman S, Frohman E, Griffith L, Muraro P, Racke M, Sayre P, Stuve O, Popat U, Nash R

Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers (MIRECC)
South Central Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas (April 22-24, 2009)

Is there an association between PTSD and dementia?

Qureshi S, Schulz P, Pyne J, Magruder K, Kimbrell T, Hudson T, Kunik M

Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
31st Annual Carrell-Krusen Symposium in Dallas, Texas (Feb. 19-20, 2009)

Anesthesiologist with muscle cramps.

Ansari S, Smyth S, Harati Y

A tale of two diseases.

Kung D, Harati Y

Myasthenia mimics.

Nord K, Mosier D

Muscular dystrophy with subacute onset.

Phan CI, Biliciler S, Harati Y

Another patient with burning feet.

Smyth S, Harati Y

A case of a painful leg.

Vullaganti M, Harati Y

International Neuropsychological Society (INS)
37th Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia (Feb. 11-14, 2009)

VA's Health Services Research & Development Service (HSR&D)
Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) National Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona (Dec. 10-12, 2008)

Implementation of patient self-management programs among veterans in VA.

Damush, Anderson J, Bosworth H

American Epilepsy Society (AES)
62nd Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington (Dec. 5-9, 2008)

Predictors of individual visual memory decline after right anterior temporal lobe resection.

Dulay MF, Levin HS, York MK, Mizrahi EM, Goldsmith IL, Goldman A, Verma A, Barnwell LF, Chen DK, Friedman DE, Grossman RG, Yoshor D

Systematic screening in a busy clinical setting improves identification of depression in people with epilepsy.

Friedman DE, Kung DH, Kass JS

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R)
2008 Annual Assembly in San Diego, California (Nov. 20-23, 2008)

Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
38th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC (Nov. 15-19, 2008)

Kcna1 is a novel candidate gene for sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP).

Glasscock E, Yoo JW, Noebels JL

Alzheimer's disease as descent into randomness: Evidence from category fluency testing.

Lerner AJ, Albo Z, Messer J, Singh T, Woyczynski W

National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS)
Tykeson Fellows Conference in Chicago, Illinois (Nov. 4-7, 2008)

International Symposium on ALS/MND
19th Annual Meeting in Birmingham, UK (Nov. 3-5, 2008)

The ALS Cognitive Behavioral Screen (ALS CBS™): Phase II validation.

Woolley S, York MK, Strutt AM, Schulz PE, Katz J

Neurocritical Care Society (NCS)
6th Annual Meeting in Miami, Florida (Oct. 23-25, 2008)

Intracranial hemorrhage following intravenous tissue plasminogen activator use for stroke caused by infective endocarditis.

Bhuva P, Kuo S-H, Lopez GA, Hemphill JC

6th International Congress on Mental Dysfunctions and Other Non-Motor Features in Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders
Dresden, Germany (Oct. 16-19, 2008)

American Neurological Association (ANA)
133rd Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah (Sept. 21-24, 2008)

Coagulopathy is an independent predictor of inhospital mortality in patients with acute subdural hematoma.

Bershad EM, Farhadi S, Suri MF, Feen ES, Hernandez OH, Selman WR, Suarez JI

Higher uric acid levels and diuretics uses are associated with lower prevalence of Parkinson's disease (PD).

Hou JG, Lai EC

Short-term and long-term improvement by pramipexole in restless leg syndrome animal model.

Lou FF, Zhu W, Xie W, Ondo W, Le W

Altered age of onset in Alzheimer's disease with diabetes mellitus.

Shirani P, Salamone AR, Strutt AM, Schulz PE

Is frontal dysfunction associated with dysarthria in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)?

Sterling LE, Salamone AR, Mosnik DM, Appel SH, Strutt AM, Schulz PE

Thalamic endogenous opioids are decreased in restless legs syndrome: A post-mortem study.

Walters AS, Ondo W, Zhu W, Le WD

Progressive DA neuron degeneration induced by targeting administration of proteasome inhibitor in SN.

Xie W, Zhu W, Pan T, Jankovic J, Le W

World Congress on Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS + ECTRIMS + LACTRIMS)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Sept. 17-20, 2008)

Menstrual cycle and menopause in patients with multiple sclerosis. How do these affect the symptoms of disease?

Avila M, Suarez GA, Brandt D, Ramirez J, Hutton GJ, Rivera VM

Longitudinal individualized analysis of computer-based cognitive rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis.

Chaliman RT, Perez FI, Suarez GA, Rivera VM, Hutton GJ

RENEW study update XVIII: Ongoing evaluation of the safety and tolerability of mitoxantrone in worsening multiple sclerosis.

Rivera V, AL-Sabbagh A, Bennett R, Coyle P, Elias S, Mikol D, Panitch H, Rolak LA, Sheremata W, Weinstock-Guttman B, Fox E, for the RENEW Study Group

Magnetic resonance imaging findings in patients with clinically isolated syndrome suggestive of multiple sclerosis.

Suarez GA, Avila M, Brandt D, Rivera VM, Hutton GJ

Mechanisms of Epilepsy and Neuronal Synchronization
Gordon Research Conference in Waterville, Maine (Aug. 3-8, 2008)

Kcna1 is a novel candidate gene for sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP).

Glasscock E, Yoo JW, Noebels JL

2008 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD)
Chicago, Illinois (July 26-31, 2008)

Eighteen-month data from an open-label extension of a one-year controlled trial of dimebon in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.

Cummings J, Doody RS, Gavrilova S, Sano M, Aisen P, Seely L, Hung D

Interrater reliability between expert and nonexpert physicians in the assessment of amnestic MCI in the community setting.

Doody RS, Ferris SH, Salloway S, Meuser TM, Murthy AK, Li MC, Goldman R

Dimebon improves cognition, function, and behavior in mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease: Results by severity of a one-year, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

Doody RS, Gavrilova S, Thomas R, Aisen P, Bachurin S, Seely L, Hung D

Mapping of Alzheimer disease stages using the MMSE: Effects of ethnicity and education.

Lerner AJ, Albo Z, Sami SA, McClendon MJ, Ogrocki PK, Singer M, Smyth KA

The effects of donepezil on Alzheimer's disease progression monitored by MRI.

Murthy AK, Schuff N, Suhy J, Doody RS, Goldman R

Persistent antidementia drug treatment and survival in an Alzheimer's disease (AD) cohort.

Rountree S, Pavlik V, Chan W, Doody RS

The Atorvastatin/Donepezil in Alzheimer's Disease Study (LEADe): Effect of atorvastatin on Alzheimer's disease progression by APOE4 genotype.

Sparks L, Kivipelto M, Doody RS, Waters D, Jones RW, Feldman H, Pickering E, Hu X, Hall S, Breazna A, DeMicco DA, Hey-Hadavi J, Schindler RJ

Movement Disorder Society (MDS)
12th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders in Chicago, Illinois (June 22-26, 2008)

Unusual motor-phonic tic mimicking essential palatal myoclonus (EPM).

Adam OR, Jankovic J

Correlation between clinical rating of parkinsonian and essential tremor and quantitative assessments.

Aguilar LG, Giuffrida JP, Heldman DD, Jankovic J

Exploring the relationship between drug-induced parkinsonism and tardive dyskinesias.

Aguilar Tabora LG, Ondo WG

Interrater reliability of dynamic balance in persons with Parkinson's disease.

Bryant MS, Fernandez AL, Hou JG, Rintala DH, Lai EC, Protas EJ

The essential tremor rating assessment scale (TETRAS).

Elble R, Comella C, Fahn S, Hallett M, Jankovic J, Juncos J, Louis E, Lyons K, Ondo WG, Pahwa R, Sethi K, Stern M, Tanner C, Tarsy D, Tintner R, Watts R, Tremor Research Group

Factors predicting adverse effects to subcutaneous apomorphine.

Ferrara J, Ondo WG

Spinocerebellar Ataxia 8: Variable phenotype and unique pathogenesis.

Gupta A, Jankovic J

Rotigotine 24h transdermal patch is effective in the treatment of idiopathic RLS: Results of a 6-month, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled US trial.

Hening WA, Allen R, Becker PM, Bogan RK, Fry JM, Keffel J, Kudrow DB, Lesh KW, Ondo WG, Schollmayer E, Vrooman P, Walters A, Winkelman JW

Higher serum uric acid levels in patients with essential tremor compared to Parkinson's disease.

Hou JG, Lai EC

Evaluation of a Parkinson's disease screening questionnaire for use in a community-based setting.

Hunter CB, Aguilar LG, Nashatizadeh MM, Lay LF, Jankovic J

The role of dopaminergic medication doses in impulse control disorders (ICD) in Parkinson's disease (PD).

Jimenez-Shahed J, Baker K, Davidson A, Jankovic J

Topiramate in treatment of Tourette's syndrome (TS).

Kuo SH, Jimenez-Shahed J

Expanded study of NURR1 gene expression in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Le WD, Pan T, Xie W, Huang M, Xu P, Zhu W, Zhang X, Deng H, Jankovic J

Ambulatory monitoring of motor fluctuations and freezing of gait: Objective assessment of the efficacy of pharmacological treatments in Parkinson's disease.

Moore ST, MacDougall HG, Ondo WG

Usefulness of [123I]FP-CIT striatal asymmetry index as specific tool to differenziate Parkinson's disease from vascular parkinsonism.

Mostile G, Nicoletti A, Contrafatto D, Lanzafame S, Raciti L, Sorbello V, Bruno E, Dibilio V, Distefano A, Zappia M

Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus for peripherally-induced parkinsonism.

Nashatizadeh MM, Jankovic J

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of atomoxetine for freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease.

Nashatizadeh MM, Jimenez JE, Davidson AL, Jankovic J

A self-management educational intervention for veterans and spouses living with Parkinson's disease: A pilot study.

Nelson ND, Moore S, Lai EC

Tolerability and efficacy of switching from swallowed selegiline to zydis selegiline (Zelapar®) in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Ondo WG, Hunter CB, Davidson A, Isaacson SH, Silver DE, Stewart RM, Tetrud JW

Memantine (Namenda®) for non-motor features of Parkinson's disease: A double blind placebo controlled trial.

Ondo WG, Shinawi L, Davidson A

Rapamycin rescues lactacystin-induced dopaminergic neuron injury in vivo.

Pan T, Xie W, Jankovic J, Le WD

Association between laterality (right or left) of onset of motor symptoms and degree of speech impairment in veterans with Parkinson's disease (PD).

Sarwar AI, Lai EC

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) parameters and gait in Parkinson's disease (PD).

Sarwar AI, Lai EC

Botulinum toxin A in electrical injury-induced cervical myoclonus.

Sitburana O, Ondo WG

Neuropsychological functioning of Parkinson's disease patients two years post subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation surgery.

Strutt AM, Jankovic J, York MK

Experience with MRI safety and DBS: Data from the National Parkinson Foundation Centers of Excellence.

Tagliati M, Jankovic J, Koss AM, Pagan F, Okun MS, National Parkinson Foundation DBS Working Group

Is depression related to quality of life (QOL) and activities of daily living (ADL) in veterans with Parkinson's disease (PD)?

Trail M, Nelson N, Moore S, Petersen N, Lai EC

Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC)
22nd Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado (May 28-31, 2008)

Silent MRI white matter lesions in patients with CIS suggestive of multiple sclerosis.

Suarez-Zambrano GA, Ramirez J, Avila M, Brandt D, Escobar BH, Hutton GJ, Rivera VM

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
60th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois (April 12-19, 2008)

Volume and nature of patient telephone calls in a large movement disorders center.

Adam OR, Aguilar Tabora LG, Ferrara J, Nashatizadeh M, Jankovic J

Characteristics of archimedean spiral drawing in patients with psychogenic tremor.

Aguilar Tabora LG, Davidson A, Jankovic J, Ondo WG

Retinal microperimetry as a means to assess visual field expansion in visual restoration therapy.

Chmayssani M, Minzer B, Saxena N, Arogyasami R, Lazar R, Greenstein VC, Marshall RS

Site performance in an investigator-run multiple sclerosis clinical trial.

Cohen J, Imrey P, Calabresi P, Chakraborty S, Edwards K, Eickenhorst T, Felton W, Fisher E, Fox R, Goodman A, Hara-Cleaver C, Hutton G, Mandell B, Scott T, Zhang H for the ACT

Inter-rater reliability between expert and nonexpert physicians in the diagnosis of amnestic MCI in the community setting.

Doody RS, Ferris S, Salloway S, Meuser T, Murthy A, Li MC, Goldman R

Dimebon improves patient function and decreases caregiver assistance time in Alzheimer's disease: One-year clinical trial results.

Doody RS, Gavrilova S, Aisen P, Hirmand M, Sano M

Morbidity associated with psychogenic movement disorders in children.

Ferrara JM, Jankovic J

Phenomenology of psychogenic movement disorders in children.

Ferrara JM, Jankovic J

Dimebon improves memory, orientation, language, and praxis in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease: Results of a one-year placebo-controlled study.

Ferris S, Doody R, Gavrilova S, Sano M, Aisen P, Seely L

Injuries in phramacoreistant epilepsy: A comparison of temporal and extratemporal epilepsy patients.

Friedman DE, Gilliam FG

Neurocysticercosis and epilepsy in a county hospital in Houston, Texas.

Friedman DE, Wright R, Kass JS

New version of the UPDRS (MDS-UPDRS): Factor analysis.

Goetz CG, Tilley BC, Shaftman SR, Fahn S, Martinez-Martin P, Poewe W, et al.

CNS vasculitis as a manifestation of systemic sclerosis.

Goldsmith CE, Kass JS

Previous traumatic brain injury may be a risk factor of mood disorders in Parkinson's disease.

Hou JG, Lai, EC

Craving for sweets and other compulsive behaviors in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Jimenez-Shahed J, Calhoun K, Davidson A, Jankovic J

Acamprosate improves impulse control disorders in Parkinson's disease.

Jimenez-Shahed J, Hunter CB, Jankovic J

Brain activation in Parkinson's disease during a functional magnetic resonance imaging set shifting task: Preliminary findings.

Karmonik C, Grossman RG, York MK

Phase II clinical trial (HALT-MS: Immune tolerance network) of high dose immunosuppressive therapy (HDIT) and autologus hematopoetic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) for active relapsing-remitting (RR) multiple sclerosis (MS): Early results.

Kraft GH, Bowen JD, Openshaw H, Forman SJ, Frohman EM, Griffith LM, Hutton GJ, Muraro PA, Popat U, Racke MK, Sayre P, Stuve O, Wundes A, Nash RA

Successful treatment of cognitive decline in Sneddon syndrome associated with hepatitis C with cyclophosphamide.

Kuo SH, Strutt AM, York MK, Kass JS

Characteristics and co-morbidities of patients with movement disorders and melanoma.

Lai EC, Moore S

Treatment of freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease with deep brain stimulation of the pedunculopontine nucleus.

Nashatizadeh M, Jankovic J

A single dose, placebo controlled, cross-over trial comparing the latency to onset of orally disintegrating (OD) levodopa (Parcopa) versus oral (PO) levodopa.

Ondo WG, Shinawi LM, Moore S

Role of deferoxamine and autophagy induction in rotenone-induced apoptosis.

Pan T, Li X, Xie W, Jankovic J, Le WD

Vitamin E use is associated with improved survival in an AD cohort.

Pavlik VN, Doody RS, Rountree SD, Darby EJ

Diabetes mellitus: Risk or protective factor in ALS?

Salamone AR, Wheaton M, McDowell E, Strutt AM, Schulz PE

Changes in emotional versus physical symptoms of depression following sub-thalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease.

Strutt AM, York MK, Jankovic J

Frequency and severity of restless legs syndrome in multiple sclerosis: A population study from southeast Texas.

Suarez-Zambrano GA, Pena JA, Avila M, Hutton GJ, Rivera VM

Hemidystonia-hemiatrophy syndrome.

Wijemanne S, Jankovic J

The relationship between cognitive functioning and whole brain diffusion tensor imaging abnormalities in Parkinson's disease.

York MK, Karmonik C, Grossman RG, Wilde E

The relationship between diffusion tensor tractography and cognitive functioning in Parkinson's disease.

York MK, Karmonik C, Yallampalli R, Chu Z, Grossman RG, Wilde E

2008 International Stroke Conference (ISC)
New Orleans, Louisiana (Feb. 20-22, 2008)

The self-management to prevent stroke clinic: teaching, translational research and technology.

Anderson JA, Willson P

Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
30th Annual Carrell-Krusen Symposium in Dallas, Texas (Feb. 20-22, 2008)

A case of FSH?

Ansari S, Biliciler S, Mytu S, Harati Y

A case of Ehlers-Danlos.

Biliciler S, Smyth S, Harati Y

Progressive ascending weakness in an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patient.

Kung D, Kuo S-H, Kwan J

Peau d’Orange skin changes and muscle weakness.

Kuo S-H, Kung D, Kwan JY

Diffuse painful muscle spasms.

Satija P, Clark G, Killian J

Why does my patient have camptocormia?

Smyth S, Biliciler S, Kwan J, Harati Y

A 25-year-old female with weakness and hearing loss: Charcot-Marie Tooth disease and deafness.

Yaltho TC, Grogan P, Jackson C

American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
International Stroke Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana (Feb. 20-22, 2008)

International Symposium on ALS/MND
18th Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada (Dec. 1-3, 2007)

Is diabetes mellitus a protective factor for ALS?

Salamone AR, Wheaton M, McDowell E, Strutt AM, Schulz PE

American Epilepsy Society (AES)
61st Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Nov. 30 - Dec. 4, 2007)

Masking epilepsy by combining two epilepsy mutations.

Glasscock E, Qian J, Yoo JW, Noebels JL

Epileptic auras and the outcome of temporal lobectomy.

Gullapalli B, Cavazos JE, Yaltho TC, Mayes BN, Szabo CA

One-year outcome of resective epilepsy surgery.

Yaltho TC, Gullapalli BS, Mayes BN, Cavazos JE, Szabo CA

Society of Neuro-Oncology (SNO)
12th Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas (Nov. 15-18, 2007)

Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Advanced Practice Nursing Conference on the Management of Chronic Disease in Houston, Texas (Nov. 15, 2007)

Stroke secondary prevention: an exemplar for the chronic care model.

Anderson J

National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN)
27th Annual Meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona (Nov. 14-18, 2007)

Gender differences in the clinical presentation of familial frontotemporal dementia.

Salamone AR, Strutt AM, McDowell EJ, Ngo D, Coerver K, Ringholz G, York MK, Schulz PE

Mexican Academy of Neurology
31st Annual Meeting in Monterrey, Mexico (Oct. 31 - Nov. 5, 2007)

Multiple sclerosis and antiphospholipid syndrome: Case report.

Avila M, Ramirez J, Suarez-Zambrano GA, Hutton GJ, Rivera VM

Encefalomielitis diseminada recurrente y multifásica reporte de 2 casos.
[Recurrent Disseminated Encephalomyelitis: Report of 2 Cases]

Avila M, Suarez-Zambrano GA, Ramirez J, Hutton GJ, Rivera VM

Experience with natalizumab in a group of ms patients from southeast Texas.

Suarez-Zambrano GA, Escobar BH, Avila M, Ramirez J, Hutton GJ, Rivera VM

European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS)
23rd Congress in Prague, Czech Republic (Oct. 11-14, 2007)

American Neurological Association (ANA)
132nd Annual Meeting in Washington, DC (Oct. 7-10, 2007)

Colombian Academy of Neurology
VIII Meeting in Cali, Colombia (Aug. 16-19, 2007)

Experiencia con natalizumab en 40 pacientes con esclerosis multiple exacerbacion remision.

Suarez-Zambrano GA, Avila M, Landero S, Jafree I, Escobar BH, Ramirez J, Brandt D, Hutton GJ, Rivera VM

American Nurses Association (ANA)
Symposium on Nursing Care in Life, Death and Disaster in Atlanta, Georgia (June 15, 2007)

Real world response to Katrina.

Lockhart MC, Anderson JA

2nd International Frontotemporal Dementia in ALS Research Conference
London, Ontario Canada (June 10-13, 2007)

FTD-like cognitive and behavioral changes in ALS.

Salamone AR, Witgert M, Macias A, Massman P, Bradshaw M, Mosnik D, Schulz PE

Preliminary validation of the ALS Cognitive Behavioral Screen (ALS-CBS)™.

York MK, Macias A, Schulz PE, Harati Y, Katz J, Woolley-Levine S

Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Prevention of Dementia
Washington, DC (June 9-12, 2007)

Results of a one-year randomized, placebo-controlled trial of dimebon for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.

Doody R, Garrilova S, Sano M, Thomas R, Aisen P, Bachurin S, Seely L, Hung D

Lipitor's effect in Alzheimer's dementia (LEADe) study: Baseline characteristics.

Jones R, Doody R, Sparks DL, Feldman H, Kivipelto M, Breazna A, Sovei M, DeMicco D, Hey-Hadavi J

Clinical factors associated with the preprogression rate (PPR) in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Rountree SD, Pavlik VN, Chan W, Darby EJ, Doody RS

The dementia and disability in Thai elderly project: Prevalence of mild cognitive impairment with one-year follow-up and the prevalence of dementia in community-dwelling Thai elderly.

Senanarong V, Hamphadungkit K, Poungvarin N, Cummings J, Doody R

Movement Disorder Society (MDS)
11th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders in Istanbul, Turkey (June 3-7, 2007)

Rotigotine transdermal patch as a treatment of nocturnal symptoms in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease.

Chaudhuri KR, Jankovic J, Trenkwalder C, Boroojerdi B

Clinimetric testing of the new UPDRS (MDS-UPDRS) vs. original version.

Goetz CG, Tilley BC, Shaftman S, Stebbins GT, Fahn S, Martinez-Martin P, et al.

Clinical features of movement disorders in hemochromatosis.

Hall DA, Ringel S, Howard K, Jankovic J

Correlations of initial mentation rating in UPDRS and progression of motor and cognitive functions in Parkinson's disease.

Hou JG, Lai EC

Deep brain stimulation for tardive dyskinesia and akathisia.

Kenney C, Barbano R, Sheffield KJ, Jankovic J

Health related quality of life in essential tremor patients undergoing deep brain stimulation.

Kenney C, Diamond AL, Davidson A, Shinawi LM, Jankovic J

Health related quality of life in Parkinson's disease patients undergoing deep brain stimulation.

Kenney C, Diamond AL, Davidson A, Shinawi LM, Jankovic J

Parkinson's disease, malignant melanoma and body mass index.

Lai EC, Moore S

Switch from an oral dopamine agonist to rotigotine transdermal patch in Parkinson's disease.

LeWitt PA, Patton JM, MacMahon DG, Jankovic J

Ambulatory monitoring of freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease.

Moore ST, MacDougall HG, Ondo WG

Safety of concomitant therapy with rasagiline and antidepressants in Parkinson's disease.

Panisset M, Schwid S, Ondo W, Fitzer-Attas C, Chen JJ

Motor and behavioral outcomes after bilateral GPi deep brain stimulation for severe Tourette syndrome.

Shahed J, Poysky J, Kenney C, Simpson R, Jankovic J

Microlesion effects and tremor outcomes in ventrointermediate deep brain stimulation.

Sitburana O, Almaguer M, Ondo W

Weight change in parkinson and alzheimer patients taking atypical antipsychotic drugs.

Sitburana O, Rountree S, Vuong KD, Ondo W

Shoulder pain in Parkinson's disease.

Stamey W, Jankovic J

The other Babinski sign in hemifacial spasm.

Stamey W, Jankovic J

Influence of red and green laser lights on freezing of gait (FOG) in persons with Parkinson's disease (PD).

Suteerawattananon M, Rintala DH, Lai EC, Hou JG, Protas EJ

The specificity and sensitivity of "applause sign" in differentiating PSP and other parkinsonian syndromes.

Wu J, Sitburana O, Jankovic J

Brain permeable iron chelators M-30 and AK-28 rescue degenerated nigral dopamine neurons in animal model of PD.

Zhu W, Pan T, Xie W, Jankovic J, Zheng H, Youdim M, Le W

Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC)
21st Annual Meeting in Washington, DC (May 30 - June 2, 2007)

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
59th Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts (April 28 - May 5, 2007)

Malignant Tourette syndrome.

Cheung MC, Shahed J, Jankovic J

Recovery of cerebral hemodynamics induces normalization of atypical ipsilateral motor activity on fMRI.

Chmayssani M, Barnes A, Handy C, Hirsch J, Marshall RS

Results of the Avonex Combination Trial (ACT).

Cohen J, Calabresi P, Eickenhorst T, Edwards K, Felton W, Fisher E, Fox R, Goodman A, Hara-Cleaver C, Hutton G, Imrey P, Mandell B, Scott T, Zhang H

Three parkin mutations in a family with Parkinson's disease.

Deng H, Le W, Shahed J, Jankovic J

Dimebon improves cognition, function, and behavior in patients with mild- moderate Alzheimer's disease: Results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

Doody R, Gavrilova S, Sano M, Thomas R, Aisen P, Seely L, Hung D

The severity of mentation rating score is correlated with gait / balance scores in UPDRS for patients with Parkinson's disease.

Hou JG, Lai EC

Autopsy-proven Huntington disease with 29 trinucleotide repeats.
[Previously Presented]

Kenney C, Powell S, Jankovic J

Parkinson's disease and melanoma in a veteran population.

Lai EC, Moore S

Autophagy induction and its neuroprotection on neurotoxin-induced cell injury relevant to Parkinson's disease.

Pan T, Li X, Zhu W, Xie W, Jankovic J, Le W

Ongoing evaluation of the safety and tolerability of mitoxantrone in worsening multiple sclerosis: The RENEW study.

Rivera VM, Al-Sabbagh A, Bennett R, Coyle P, Mikol D, Panitch H, Fox E, Rolak L, Sheremata W, Elias S

Motor overflow, contralateral dystonia and mirror movements in focal hand dystonia.

Sitburana O, Wu LJC, Sheffield KJ, Davidson A, Jankovic J

Head injury with amnesia and risk of multiple system atrophy (MSA).

Tanner C, Kukrull W, Shults C, Comyns K, Bhudhikanok G, May S, Goldman S, Meng C, Gilman S, Chade A, Kasten M, Colcher A, Huang N, Jankovic J, Low P, Marshall F, Novak P, Ondo W, Racette B, Reich S, Sandroni P, Stern M, Wooten GF

Novel brain permeable iron chelators prevent lactacystin induced ubiquitn-proteasome inhibition and degeneration of nigrostrialtal dopamine neurons.

Zhu W, Pan T, Xie W, Xu P, Zheng H, Fridkin M, Jankovic J, Youdim MBH, Le W

Proteasome inhibition in substantial nigra induces sustained dopamine cells degeneration.

Zhu W, Pan T, Zhang X, Xie W, Jankovic J, Le W

8th International Conference on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases (ADPD)
Salzburg, Austria (March 14-18, 2007)

Design and baseline data for a study of Lipitor's effect in Alzheimer's disease (LEADe).

Feldman H, Sparks L, Doody R, Kivipelto M, Jones R, Sovel M, Breazna A, Hey-Hadavi J

Comparison of neuroprotective and neurorescue capabilities of rasagiline and selegiline, against lactacystin induced nigrostriatal degeneration.

Zhu W, Pan T, Xie W, Xu P, Jankovic J, Youdim MBH, Le W

Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
29th Annual Carrell-Krusen Symposium in Dallas, Texas (Feb. 22-23, 2007)

Unusual cause of rhabdomyolysis.

Biliciler S, Harati Y, Kwan J, Lindsay A

Progressive muscle weakness and joint contractures.

Kwan J, Harati Y

Recurrent compartment syndrome.

Lindsay A, Harati Y, Kwan J, Biliciler S

North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS)
33rd Annual Meeting in Snowbird, Utah (Feb. 10-15, 2007)

International Neuropsychological Society (INS)
35th Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon (Feb. 7-10, 2007)

Development of child and parent report measures of subjective memory.

Chapieski L, Evankovich K, Collins R, Hiscock M

International Symposium on ALS/MND
17th Annual Meeting in Yokohama, Japan (Nov. 30 - Dec. 2, 2006)

A functional MRI study of social cognition in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Pinto-Patarroyo GP, Schmolck H, Wheaton MW, Mosnik D, Macias A, King-Casas B, Montague PR, Schulz PE

The relationship between frontal behavioral and cognitive changes in ALS.

Salamone AR, Mosnik D, Witgert M, Bradshaw M, Schulz PE

The dissociation of dysarthria from cognitive dysfunction in ALS.

Sterling L, Mosnik D, Salamone AR, Wheaton M, Appel S, Schulz PE

Executive function disorders and ALS: implications for intervention.

Sterling LE, Mosnik DM, Appel SH, Schulz PE

Neurocritical Care Society (NCS)
4th Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland (Nov. 4-5, 2006)

Coagulopathy is an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality in patients with acute subdural hematoma.

Suarez JI, Feen ES, Suri MFK, Bershad E, Mirabelli J, Lynch G, Selman WR

Mexican Academy of Neurology
30th Annual Meeting in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico (Oct. 30 - Nov. 4, 2006)

Angioplasty and stenting in symptomatic intracraneal stenosis.

Avila M, De la Maza M, Martinez Ponce de Leon A

Endovascular coil treatment for rupture and unrupture brain aneurisms.

Avila M, De la Maza M, Martinez Ponce de Leon A

Rehabilitación cognitiva asistida por computadora en pacientes con esclerosis múltiple.

Suarez-Zambrano GA, Perez F, Avila M, Hutton GJ, Rivera VM

Movement Disorder Society (MDS)
10th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders in Kyoto, Japan (Oct. 30 - Nov. 2, 2006)

Epidemiologic association of Parkinson's disease and melanoma.

Bertoni JM, Arlette JP, Fernandez HH, Frei K, Gordon MF, Hassan MN, Isaacson SH, Lew MF, Molho E, Ondo WG, Phillips TJ, Singer C, Sutton JP, Wolf Jr JE

Comparison of the prevalence and pattern of non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease in drug naive and treated patients using the NMSQuest.

Clayton LM, Naidu Y, Odin P, Martinez P, Sethi K, Schapira A, Bonuccelli U, Stocchi F, Rabey M, MacMahon D, MacPhee G, Forbes A, Ondo W, Tsubio Y, Chaudhuri KR

Examination of LRRK2 I2012T, G2019S, and I2020T mutations in patients with essential tremor.

Deng H, Le W, Davidson AL, Xie W, Jankovic J

The effects of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation on parkinsonian tremor.

Diamond A, Shahed J, Jankovic J

Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus on Parkinson's disease: Effects on quality of life.

Diamond AL, Vuong KD, Jankovic J

Comparing knowledge and attitudes towards genetic testing in Parkinson's disease in an American and Asian population.

Hunter CB, Tan EK, Lee J, Shinawi LM, Fook-Chong S, Jankovic J

Hyperhidrosis due to thalamic deep brain stimulation in a patient with essential tremor.

Kenney C, Diamond AL, Jankovic J

Clinical features that distinguish psychogenic and essential tremor.

Kenney C, Diamond AL, Mejia N, Hunter CB, Jankovic J

Short-term effects of tetrabenazine on chorea associated with Huntington disease.
[Previously Presented]

Kenney C, Hunter CB, Davidson A, Jankovic J

Autopsy-proven Huntington disease with 29 trinucleotide repeats.

Kenney C, Powell S, Jankovic J

Assessment of locomotor response to levodopa in fluctuating Parkinson's disease.

Moore S, MacDougall H, Gracies J, Ondo W

International validation study of the first comprehensive unified nonmotor symptoms scale (NMSS) for Parkinson's disease (PD).

Naidu Y, Schapira AH, Martinez-Martin P, Sethi K, Odin P, Stocchi F, Ondo W, Olanow CW, Barone P, MacMahon D, MacPhee G, Forbes A, Rabey M, Breen K, Bowron A, Tluk S, Thomas S, Abe K, Williams A, Rye D, Chaudhuri KR

Comparison of weight gain in treatments for Tourette's syndrome: Tetrabenazine versus neuroleptics.

Ondo WG, Jong D, Davidson A

Zonisamide for essential tremor.

Ondo WG, Khan F

Predictors of impulsivity and reward seeking behavior with dopamine agonists.

Ondo WG, Lai D

Sodium oxybate for excessive daytime sleepiness in Parkinson's disease: A polysomnographic study.

Ondo WG, Perkins T, Swick T, Hull, Jr. KL, Jimenez JE, Pardi D

Withdrawal of visual feedback improves micrographia in Parkinson's disease.

Ondo WG, Satija P

Enhancement of autophagy and neuroprotection by rapamycin in lactacystin-induced injury of dopaminergic neurons.

Pan T, Kondo S, Zhu W, Xie W, Jankovic J, Le W

Executive dysfunction and comorbid conditions in Tourette syndrome.

Poysky J, Khan H, Krull K, Jankovic J

Craving sweets in Parkinson's disease.

Shahed J, Davidson A, Jankovic J

GPI deep brain stimulation for Tourette syndrome improves tics and psychiatric co-morbidities.

Shahed J, Poysky J, Kenney C, Simpson Jr RK, Jankovic J

Overflow, contralateral and mirror hand dystonia.

Sitburana O, Jankovic J

Tetrabenazine for hyperglcemic-induced hemichorea-hemiballismus.

Sitburana O, Ondo WG

Hemiparkinsonism-hemiatrophy syndrome.

Wijemanne S, Jankovic J

Runner's dystonia.

Wu LJC, Jankovic J

Different faces of hemifacial spasm: Etiological classification.

Wu LJC, Jankovic J

Relationship of MRI localization and cognition in DBS.

York MK, Wilde E, Simpson Jr RK, Jankovic J

Spinal cord dopamine receptor expression and function in mice with 6-OHDA lesion of the A11 nucleus and dietary iron deprivation.

Zhao H, Zhu W, Pan T, Xie W, Ondo W, Le W

American Neurological Association (ANA)
131st Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois (Oct. 8-11, 2006)

Examination of LRRK2 I2012T, G2019S, and I2020T mutations in patients with essential tremor.

Deng H, Le W, Guo Y, Hunter CB, Xie W, Huang M, Jankovic J

A Mexican pedigree with Parkinson's disease, essential tremor and bell's palsy associated with parkin but not HS1BP3 gene mutation.

Deng H, Le W, Hunter CB, Xie W, Mejia N, Jankovic J

Genetic analysis of the SLITRK1 gene in caucasian patients with Tourette syndrome.

Deng H, Le W, Xie W, Jankovic J

Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus on Parkinson's disease: Effects on quality of life.
[Previously Presented]

Diamond AL, Vuong KD, Jankovic J

Medications associated with the onset of tardive dyskinesia.

Hunter CB, Kenney K, Mejia N, Davidson A, Jankovic J

Short-term effects of tetrabenazine on chorea associated with Huntington disease.

Kenney C, Hunter CB, Davidson A, Jankovic J

Recurrent myelitis asociated with hepatitis C infection.

Pacheco VH, Acharya J

Weight change in Parkinson's disease patients taking atypical antipsychotics.
[Previously Presented]

Sitburana O, Ondo WG

An open randomized comparative study of clinical efficacy and safety of Huperzine A and Rivastigmine in treatment of Alzheimer disease.

Wu YC, Zhao YB, Xie YY

5th International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementia
San Francisco, California (Sept. 6-8, 2006)

Family with female predominant FTD.

Salamone AR, McDowell E, York MK, Macias A, Ngo D, Mosnik D, Patel P, Coerver K, Ringholz G, Schulz PE

European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS)
10th Congress in Glasgow, UK (Sept. 2-5, 2006)

Stable suppression of Nurr1 gene using siRNA expression vector in a mouse midbrain dopaminergic cell line.

Wu YC, Zhao YB, Cai YQ, Fei J

Mechanisms of Epilepsy and Neuronal Synchronization
Gordon Research Conference in Waterville, Maine (Aug. 6-11, 2006)

Ion channel gene interactions in inherited epilepsy.

Glasscock E, Yoo J, Noebels JL

10th International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
Madrid, Spain (July 15-20, 2006)

Predicting progression and survival in Alzheimer's disease.

Doody R, Pavlik V, Massman P, Rountree S, Waring S, Darby E, Chan W

Is functional decline necessary for a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease?

Park KW, Pavlik VN, Rountree SD, Darby EJ, Doody RS

Clinically presenting mild cognitive impairment (MCI): Variable presentations and their outcomes.

Rountree SD, Waring SC, Chan W, Darby EJ, Doody RS

Preprogression rate, cardiovascular comorbidity, and survival in Alzheimer's disease.

Waring SC, Paranilam JM, Doody RS, Darby EJ, Massman PJ, Chan W

World Federation of Neurology (WFN)
11th International Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases in Istanbul, Turkey (July 2-7, 2006)

European Neurological Society (ENS)
16th Annual Meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland (May 27-31, 2006)

Endovascular coiling for ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms.

Avila M, De la Maza M, Martinez Ponce de Leon A

Intracranial angioplasty and stenting for symptomatic and asymptomatic intracranial stenosis.

Avila M, De la Maza M, Martinez Ponce de Leon A

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
58th Annual Meeting in San Diego, California (April 1-8, 2006)

International validation of the first unified Non Motor Symptoms Scale for Parkinson's disease. Results from the first pilot NMSS study.

Chaudhuri KR, Martinez-Martin P, Schapira AHV, Sethi K, Ondo W, Stocchi F, Odin P, Brown R, the International PD Non Motor Group (PDNMG)

Rationale, design, and baseline data for the Avonex Combination Trial (ACT).

Cohen J, Calabresi P, Edwards K, Eickenhorst T, Felton W, Fisher E, Fox R, Goodman A, Hara-Cleaver C, Hutton G, Imrey P, Mandell B, Scott T, Zhang H

Predicting progression of Alzheimer's disease.

Doody R, Pavlik V, Massman P, Rountree S, Darby E, Chan W

Short-term and long-term safety of deep brain stimulation in the treatment of movement disorders.

Kenney C, Simpson Jr RK, Hunter CB, Ondo WG, Almaguer M, Davidson A, Jankovic J

Long term safety of deep brain stimulation for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.

Kenney CJ, Vuong K, Hunter C, Almaguer M, Jankovic J

Prevalence of Parkinson's disease in farming vs. non-farming counties in the US VHA population.

Lai EC, Moore S

Continuous assessment of gait via stride monitoring: a new approach to management of locomotor dysfunction in Parkinson's disease.

Moore ST, MacDougall HG, Cohen HS, Ondo WG

Nurrl deficiency predisposes to apoptosis induced by lactacystin in SH-SY5Y cells in vitro.

Pan T, Xie W, Deng H, Zhao H, Jankovic J

Bilateral GPI deep brain stimulation for Tourette syndrome.

Shahed J, Poysky J, Kenney C, Simpson Jr RK, Jankovic J

Weight change in Parkinson's disease patients taking atypical antipsychotics.

Sitburana O, Ondo WG

Frontostriatal cognitive functioning 6 months following bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation.

York MK, Jankovic J, Lai EC, Dulay M

North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS)
32nd Annual Meeting in Tucson, Arizona (Feb. 25 - March 2, 2006)

The implication of glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibodies in nystagmus: A case report.

Pacheco VH, Selhorst JB, Chung SM

World Parkinson Congress (WPC)
Washington, DC (Feb. 22-26, 2006)

Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
28th Annual Carrell-Krusen Symposium in Dallas, Texas (Feb. 16-17, 2006)

Progressive numbness and weakness in a diabetic patient: Is it all diabetic neuropathy?

Kwan J, Harati Y

Spontaneous mutilating acral ulcers in nondiabetic patients: The spectrum of differential diagnosis.

Kwan J, Harati Y, Phan C

International Neuropsychological Society (INS)
34th Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts (Feb. 1-4, 2006)

Neuropsychological and demographic correlates of apraxia in a large cohort of Alzheimer's patients.

Acharya D, Massman P, Doody R

Phonemic cued performance on the Boston Naming Test: Longitudinal change and its correlates in Alzheimer's disease.

Benge J, Massman P, Jenkins R, Thornton G, Doody R

Neuropsychological outcome after bilateral deep brain stimulation surgery for advanced Parkinson's disease: Base rates adjusted for practice effects, test unreliability, and natural disease progression.

Dulay MF, York MK, Jankovic J, Simpson Jr RK

Naming improvement with phonemic cues: Which Alzheimer's patients benefit most?

Jenkins R, Massman P, Benge J, Thornton G, Doody R

Category-letter fluency discrepancies in healthy older adults: Normative data and reliability.

Thornton G, Massman P, Benge J, Jenkins R, Doody R

American Epilepsy Society (AES)
59th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC (Dec. 2-6, 2005)

Verbal memory declines are largest for patients with depression and anxiety after anterior temporal lobectomy.

Dulay MF, Levin HS, York MK, Yoshor D, Grossman RG, Verma A, Goldsmith IL, Mizrahi EM

Impaired semantic memory in temporal lobe epilepsy - What is the role of anterior temporal lobectomy?

Schmolck H, York MK, Verma A, Goldsmith IL, Yoshor D, Levin HS, Foreman PJ, Mizrahi EM, Schulz PE

Gerontological Society of America (GSA)
58th Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana (Nov. 18-22, 2005)

Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
35th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC (Nov. 12-16, 2005)

Semantic memory is more impaired in dominant than in nondominant temporal lobe epilepsy.

Schmolck H, Foreman PJ, Verma A, Goldsmith IL, York MK, Levin HS, Yoshor D, Mizrahi EM, Schulz PE

Mexican Academy of Neurology
29th Annual Meeting in Chihuahua, Mexico (Oct. 29 - Nov. 3, 2005)

Intracranial angioplasty and stenting for symptomatic middle cerebral artery stenosis.

Avila M, Valderrama C, De la Maza M, Martinez Ponce de Leon A, Dondis D

The spectrum of clinical and radiological characteristics of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.

De la Maza M, Escobar A, Rivera V, Dondis D, Avila M, Valderrama C

Caracterizacion de sindromes clinicos de comportamiento similar a esclerosis multiple.

Ordoñez L, Skromne E, Rivera-Olmos VM

American Neurological Association (ANA)
130th Annual Meeting in San Diego, California (Sept. 25-28, 2005)

Meta-analysis of 6-month memantine clinical trials in Alzheimer's disease.

Doody RS, Tariot PN, Pfeiffer E, Olin JT, Graham SM, Bell JM

Botulinum toxin type B Observational Study (BOS).

Jankovic J, Hunter CB, the BOS Study Group

Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Nurse Education Lecture Series in Houston, Texas (Sept. 9, 2005)

The nurse's role in diagnosis and treatment of acute stroke.

Anderson J

European Neurological Society (ENS)
15th Annual Meeting in Vienna, Austria (June 18-22, 2005)

The spectrum of clinical and radiological characteristics of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.

Avila M, De la Maza M, Dondis D

Morbidity and mortality rate in carotid artery angioplasty and stenting.

Avila M, De la Maza M, Gonzalez Camid F, Martinez Ponce de Leon A, Dondis D, Valderrama C

Intracraneal angioplasty and stenting for symptomatic middle cerebral artery stenosis.

Avila M, De la Maza M, Martinez Ponce de Leon A, Dondis D

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
20th Annual National Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (June 17-21, 2005)

A novel approach in transitional cardiac rehabilitation.

Anderson J, Willson P

Videophone exercise motivation for peripheral arterial disease patients.
[Previously Presented]

Willson P, Anderson J, Smith D, Stonecypher K, Petersen N

2nd Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Prevention of Dementia
Washington, DC (June 9-12, 2005)

Meta-analysis of 6-month memantine clinical trials in Alzheimer's disease.

Doody RS, Tariot PN, Pfeiffer E, Olin JT, Graham SM, Bell JM

Donepezil and vitamin E in the progression of mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease: A hazard-ratio analysis.

Thal LJ, Thomas RG, Grundman M, Bennett DA, Doody RS, Ferris SH, Galasko DR, Jin S, Levey AI, Petersen RC

American Telemedicine Association (ATA)
10th Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado (April 17-20, 2005)

Videophone exercise motivation for peripheral arterial disease patients.
[Previously Presented]

Willson P, Anderson J, Smith D, Stonecypher K, Petersen N

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
57th Annual Meeting in Miami Beach, Florida (April 9-16, 2005)

Application of the database as an historical control in experimental trials of proposed treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Czaplinski A, Haverkamp LJ, Yen AA, Lai EC, Appel SH

Genetic analysis of G309D and W4370PA mutations of PINK1 in Parkinson's disease.

Deng H, Le W, Zhang X, Pan T, Jankovic J

New version of the UPDRS: Development methods and working document for field testing.

Goetz CG, Fahn S, Martinez-Martin P, Poewe W, Sampaio C, Stebbins G, et al.

Early treatment with rasagiline is more beneficial than delayed treatment start in the long-term management of Parkinson's disease.

Hauser R, Lew M, Hurtig H, Ondo W, Wojcieszek J

A variant in the HS1-BP3 gene is associated with familial essential tremor.

Higgins JJ, Lombardi RQ, Pucilowska J, Jankovic J, Tan EK, Rooney JP

Mild cognitive impairment types and their outcomes.

Issa A, Rountree S, Waring S, Yeh S, Doody RS

Long-term efficacy of rasagiline in Parkinson's disease.

Lew M, Hauser R, Hurtig H, Ondo W, Wojcieszek J

ADAS-Cog change rates in MMSE Strata relevant to clinical trials.

Massman P, Doody RS

Convergence spasm and other psychogenic eye movement disorders.

Mejia NI, Jankovic J

Tics associated with other disorders.

Mejia NI, Jankovic J

HSP70 inducer VPA inhibits rotenone-induced apoptosis in SH-SY5Y cells.

Pan T, Xie W, Jankovic J, Le W

Relationship of premorbid IQ and education to progression of Alzheimer's disease.

Pavlik V, Doody RS, Massman P, Chan W, Yeh S

Characteristics of Parkinson's disease in patients with childhood-onset essential tremor.
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Shahed J, Diamond AL, Vuong KD, Jankovic J

Botulinum toxin treatment for oromandibular dystonia and bruxism in patients with Tourette syndrome.

Silay YS, Jankovic J

Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Course in Houston, Texas (April 1, 2005)

Brain attack - Time lost is brain lost.

Anderson J

VA Research Day
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston, Texas (March 29, 2005)

Determining preoperative indicators for transitional cardiac rehabilitation after heart surgery.

Anderson J, Willson P

Videophone exercise motivation for peripheral arterial disease patients.

Willson P, Anderson J, Smith D, Stonecypher K, Petersen N

Movement Disorder Society (MDS)
9th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders in New Orleans, Louisiana (March 5-8, 2005)

Gait and balance assessment in parkinsonian disorders.

Azher SN, Vuong KD, Shahed J, Diamond AL, Jankovic J

An international multicentre study validating the first screening questionnaire (NMS-quest) for comprehensive assessment of non motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

Chaudhuri KR, Martinez-Martin P, Schapira AHV, Ondo W, Sethi K, Members of The PD NMS Scale Development Group

Small interfering RNA (SiRNA) targeting the PINK1 induces apoptosisin human SH-SY5Y cells.

Deng H, Jankovic J, Pan T, Xie W, Le W

Reduced NURR1 gene expression affects expression of dopaminergic phenotypic markers and Parkinson's disease-related genes.

Deng H, Jankovic J, Xie W, Pan T, Le W

Globus pallidus deep brain stimulation in dystonia.

Diamond AL, Shahed J, Azher SN, Vuong KD, Jankovic J

Relationship among psychiatric, motor and cognitive functioning in non-demented individuals with Parkinson's disease.

Dulay MF, Levin HS, Jankovic J, Lai EC, York MK

Tetrabenazine: Does prior history of depression preclude this drug as a treatment option?

Hunter C, Vuong KD, Mejia N, Jankovic J

Botulinum toxin type B Observational Study (BOS).

Jankovic J, Hunter C, Atassi MZ, Dolimbek BZ, Dolimbek GS, and BOS Research Group

Prevalence of cervical dystonia and spasmodic torticollis in the United States.

Jankovic J, Tsui J, Bergeron C

Medications associated with the onset of tardive dyskinesia.

Mejia N, Vuong KD, Hunter C, Jankovic J

A pilot study of the clinical efficacy and safety of memantine for Huntington's disease.

Mejia NI, Hunter C, Flores K, Ondo WG

Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism among us veterans: Demographic and geographic distribution in FY2002.

Moore S, Lai EC

Do Parkinson's disease caregiver proxy reports represent patient self-reports?

Nelson ND, Cook KF, Trail M, Lai EC

Specialty clinic for veterans with Parkinson's disease achieves high satisfaction.

Nelson ND, Fincher LR, Hou JG, Van JN, Lai EC

Paraspinal muscle asymmetry in Parkinson's disease.

Ondo WG, Haykal HA

The association between restless legs syndrome and essential tremor.

Ondo WG, Lai D

Predictors of battery life for the Activa® Soletra 7426 neurostimulator.

Ondo WG, Meilak C, Vuong KD, Jankovic J

Subthalamic deep brain stimulation in patients with a previous pallidotomy.

Ondo WG, Silay Y, Almaguer M, Jankovic J

Characteristics of Parkinson's disease in patients with childhood-onset essential tremor.

Shahed J, Diamond AL, Vuong KD, Jankovic J

Parkinsonism associated with adalimumab in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.

Tintner R, Silay YS, Sessoms S, Jankovic J

Do patient outcomes predict caregiver depressive symptoms?

Trail M, Cook K, Nelson ND, Lai EC

Survival among veterans with Parkinson's disease.

White DL, Moore S, Lai EC

International Neuropsychological Society (INS)
33rd Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri (Feb. 2-5, 2005)

American Neurological Association (ANA)
129th Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada (Oct. 4-5, 2004)

Botulinum toxin serotype A compared to B in cervical dystonia: Randomized, double-blind, parallel study.

Comella CL, Jankovic J, Leurgans S, Fan W, Chmura T, the Dystonia Study Group

The safety of deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and other movement disorders.

Silay Y, Jankovic J, Vuong KD, Almageur M, Ondo WG, Tintner R, Simpson Jr RK

Etiology, Pathogenesis, and Treatment of Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement Disorders
18th Annual Symposium in Toronto, Canada (Oct. 3, 2004)

European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS)
8th Congress in Paris, France (Sept. 4-7, 2004)

Donepezil is safe and well-tolerated in AD patients at doses of up to 20 mg/day.

Schindler R, Corey-Bloom J, Doody R, Zhang R, Leni JR, Li H

Functional effects of memantine treatment in patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease.

Wirth Y, Doody RS, Schmitt FA, Mobius HJ, Stoffler A

Latin American Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (LACTRIMS)
3rd Congress in Iguazu Falls, Brazil (Aug. 25-28, 2004)

The spectrum of clinical and radiological characteristics of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: Report of 3 cases.

Avila M, Dondis D, De la Maza M

Combinduction therapy with mitoxantrone and methylprednisolone for aggressive forms of multiple sclerosis in patients actively treated with large freacuent doses of interferon beta 1a.

Dondis D, Avila M, De la Maza M

9th International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (July 17-22, 2004)

Vascular dementia patients who receive donepezil treatment for 12 to 18 months maintain cognitive benefits.

Doody R, Pratt R, Posner H, Kumar D

Longitudinal analysis of the Alzheimer's Disease assessment scale in a large cohort of probable AD patients.

Massman P, Doody R

Memantine treatment for mild to severe Alzheimer's disease: Clinical trials summary.

Tariot P, Doody R, Peskind E, Winblad B, Reisberg B, Stoffler A, Graham S, McDonald S

Functional benefits of memantine treatment for patients with moderate to severe Alzhemier's disease.

Wirth Y, Doody RS, Schmitt FA, Mobius HJ

XXIVth Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (CINP) Congress
Paris, France (June 20-24, 2004)

Memantine treatment is beneficial for functional capacities of patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease.

Wirth Y, Doody R, Schmitt F, Mobius HJ, Stoffler A

VA Research Day
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston, Texas (June 15, 2004)

Movement Disorder Society (MDS)
8th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders in Rome, Italy (June 13-17, 2004)

Tetrabenazine, a monoamine depleter, effective in the treatment of Tourette syndrome.

Hunter C, Vuong KD, Mejia N, Jankovic J

Tetrabenazine: Effective treatment for tardive dyskinesia.

Jankovic J, Hunter C, Mejia N, Vuong KD

A multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of topiramate in essential tremor.

Jankovic J, Ondo WG, Stacy MA, Elble RJ, Pahwa R, Connor GS, Hulihan FJ, Schwarzman L, Wu SC

Nurr1 gene targeting therapy for Parkinson disease.

Le W, Jiang Q, Xie W, Hintermann S, Jankovic J

The pharmacological and biological effects of pramipexole on dopamine neuron associated genes: DAT, VMAT-2, and Nurr1.

Pan T, Xie W, Jankovic J, Le W

Young-onset versus late-onset Parkinson's disease: Clinical features and disease progression.

Silver GA, Vuong KD, Jankovic J

Long-term prognosis of psychogenic movement disorders.

Thomas M, Banuelos P, Vuong KD, Jankovic J

Psychogenic dystonia: Clinical characteristics and long-term progression.

Thomas M, Vuong KD, Jankovic J

A double-blind, randomized, parallel group design comparison of botulinum toxin, type A (Botox) and botulinum toxin, type B (Myobloc) on systemic and ocular autonomic symptoms and physiology in patients with cervical dystonia.

Tintner R, Gross RL, Winzer UF, Smalky KA, Jankovic J

Safety and efficacy of tetrabenazine in childhood hyperkinetic movement disorders.

Vuong KD, Hunter C, Mejia N, Jankovic J

Is depression a predictor of outcome after bilateral subthalamic deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson's disease?

York MK, Silay YS, Chaytor N, Simpson Jr RK, Jankovic J

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
56th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California (April 24 - May 1, 2004)

Camptocormia: Pathogenesis, classification and response to therapy.

Azher S, Jankovic J

Genome-wide model-based and model-free linkage analyses co-localize a novel genetic locus on chromosome 9p for familial restless legs syndrome.

Chen S, Ondo WG, Rao S, Li L, Wang Q

Interim results of an observational study of neutralizing antibody formation with the current preparation of botulinum toxin type A treatment for cervical dystonia.

Comella CL, Jankovic J, Daggett S, Mordaunt J, Brin MF

Haplotype analysis at the ETM2 locus in American and Singaporean populations with familial essential tremor.

Higgins JJ, Lombardi RQ, Tan EK, Jankovic J, Pucilowska J, Rooney JP

Long-term tolerability of tetrabenazine in the treatment of hyperkinetic movement disorders.

Hunter CB, Vuong KD, Jankovic J

Essential tremor in children.

Jankovic J, Madisetty J, Vuong KD

Psychogenic tremor: Long-term outcome.

Jankovic J, Vuong KD, Thomas M

Effects of ropinirole on progression of parkinsonism in Nurr1-deficient mice and its underlying mechanisms.

Jiang C, Pan T, Jankovic J, Le W

Dopaminergic properties and anti-parkinsonian effects of IPX750 in rodent models of Parkinson's disease.

Jiang C, Wan X, Jankovic J, Christian S, Sundsmo J, Le W

The north American survey of placement and adjustment strategies for deep brain stimulation.

Ondo WG, Bronte-Stewart H for the DBS Study Group

The pharmacological and biological effects of pramipexole on dopamine transporter.

Pan T, Jankovic J, Le W

Decreased Nurr1 mRNA in peripheral blood lymphocytes in Parkinson's disease.

Pan T, Xie W, Jankovic J, Le W

The efficacy and safety of fluphenazine in patients with Tourette syndrome.

Silay YS, Vuong KD, Jankovic J

A double-blind, randomized, parallel group design comparison of botulinum toxin, type A (Botox®) and botulinum toxin, type B (Myobloc™) on autonomic symptoms and physiology in patients with cervical dystonia.

Tintner R, Winzer UF, Smalky KA, Jankovic J

Temporal course of the motor effects of subthalamic DBS after stopping stimulation.

York MK, Lai EC, Soety EM, Atassi F, Grossman RG, Simpson Jr RK

American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics (ASENT)
6th Annual Meeting in Bethesda, Maryland (March 11-13, 2004)

Tetrabenazine in the treatment of chorea.

Jankovic J, Hunter CB, Vuong KD

International Neuropsychological Society (INS)
32nd Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland (Feb. 4-7, 2004)

Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
33rd Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana (Nov. 8-12, 2003)

Anterior thalamus interaction with the retrosplenial cortex in the anaesthetized rat.

Albo Z, Ding M, Vertes RP, Viana Di Prisco G

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Neurobiology of Drosophila Conference in Cold Spring Harbor, New York (Oct. 5, 2003)

Seizure suppression in Drosophila.

Glasscock E, Tanouye MA

International Brain Research Organisation (IBRO)
6th World Congress on Neuroscience in Prague, Czech Republic (July 10-15, 2003)

Coherence analysis of anterior thalamic unit firing with retrosplenial cortical and hippocampal theta rhythm.

Albo Z, Viana Di Prisco G, Ding M, Vertes RP

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
55th Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii (March 29 - April 5, 2003)

Donepezil-treated patients demonstrate global benefits on the Clinician's Interview-Based Impression of Change-Plus version: A comparison of Alzheimer's disease versus vascular dementia.

Doody RS, Pratt RD, Perdomo CA, the Donepezil 307 and 308 vaD Study Groups

Long-term treatment with the NMDA antagonist, memantine: Results of a 24-week, open-label extension study in moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease.

Ferris SH, Schmitt FA, Doody RS, Moebius H-J, Stoeffler A, Reisberg BJ

Haplotype analysis of unrelated individuals with familial essential tremor.

Higgins JJ, Jankovic J, Lombardi RQ, Pucilowska J, Tan EK, Ashizawa T, Ruszczyk MU

Comparison of postoperative improvement of staged bilateral subthalamic stimulation in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease.

Kuniyoshi S, Tintner R, Ondo W, Simpson R, Jankovic J

Apolipoprotein E controls risk and age at onset of Parkinson disease.

Li Y-J, Martin ER, Scott WK, Haines JL, Nance MA, Hubble JP, Hiner BC, Jankovic J, Goetz CG, Small GW, Gibson RA, Middleton LT, Vance JM

Glutathione S-Transferase, Omega-1 (GSTO1) modifies age at onset of Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease.

Li Y-J, Oliveria AS, Hauser MA, Hauser ER, Scott WK, Stenger JE, Hubble JP, Koller WC, Hiner BC, Jankovic J, Allen Jr FH, Roses AD, Saunders AM, Schmechel DA, Small GW, Gullans SR, Gilbert JR, Vance JM, Pericak-Vance MA

A double blind placebo controlled parallel trial of botulinum toxin B (Myobloc™) for the treatment of sialorrhea in parkinson disease.

Ondo WG, Hunter CB, Moore W

Long term treatment of restless legs syndrome with dopamine agonists.

Ondo WG, Romanyshyn J, Vuong KD

The epidemiology of myoclonus in the medical and surgical intensive care unit (ICU).

Tintner R, Kuniyoshi SM, Gonzalez A, Jankovic J

Specific mitochondrial haplogroups affect risk for late-onset Parkinson disease.

Van der Walt JM, Nicodemus KK, Martin ER, Scott WK, Haines JL, McLaurin AC, Nance MA, Hubble JP, Koller WC, Padwa R, Stern MB, Hiner BC, Jankovic J, Goetz CG, Small GW, Mastaglia F, Gibson RA, Middleton LT, Pericak-Vance MA, Vance JM

Improvement of spatial learning and memory after adenovirus-mediated transfer of the nerve growth factor gene to aged rat brain.

Yang K, Yuan X, Long Y, Lu H, Shine DH, Lai EC, Zou L

Dual-task functioning in mild and moderately severe Parkinson's disease patients.

York MK, Lai EC, Levin HS, Grossman RG

International Neuropsychological Society (INS)
31th Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii (Feb. 5-8, 2003)

Norm-adjusted test scores among complicated mild head injury subtypes.

Collins RL, Hannay HJ, Cass J, Valadka A

The effects of IFN-alpha +13-CRA on patients with squamous cell carcinoma.

Collins RL, Lippman S, Meyers CA

Movement Disorder Society (MDS)
7th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders in Miami, Florida (Nov. 10-14, 2002)

When researchers in Parkinson's disease say, 'Quality of life,' what do they measure?

Cook KF, Nelson ND, Trail M, Willson P

Treatment of hypophonia with collagen vocal fold augmentation in patients with parkinsonism.

Hill AN, Jankovic J, Vuong KD, Donovan D

Age-related tolerability of tetrabenazine.

Hunter CB, Wang A, Vuong KD, Jankovic J

Tetrabenazine in the treatment of Tourette syndrome.

Hunter CB, Wang A, Vuong KD, Jankovic J

Premonitory sensations in tics.

Kwak CH, Jankovic J

Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism among Harris County veterans.

Lai EC, Waring S, Moore S

Reduced Nurr1 expression increases the susceptibility to dopaminergic toxins via nitric oxide.

Le W, Imam SZ, Xie W, Ali S, Jankovic J

Computerized posturography balance assessment of patients with bilateral vim deep brain stimulation.

Ondo WG, Cohen H, Almaguer M, Jankovic J

Evaluating factors that can influence spirography ratings in patients with essential tremor.

Ondo WG, Wang A, Thomas M, Vuong KD

Upregulation of Nurr1 gene expression by dopamine receptor agonist pramipexole in human neuroblastoma SHSY-5Y cells.

Pan TH, Xu PY, Xie WJ, Hunter C, Jankovic J, Le WD

Reliability of limits of stability measures in Parkinson's disease.

Protas EJ, Thomas M, Cunha IT, Caroline KS, Wankadia S, Jankovic J

Minocycline in Huntington's disease: A pilot study.

Thomas M, Ashizawa T, Jankovic J

Gait and Balance Scale (GABS): Validation and utilization.

Thomas M, Jankovic J, Suteerawattanon M, Wankadia S, Caroline K, Protas E

Experience with bilateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) stimulation for Parkinson's disease (PD).

Tintner R, Almaguer M, Sanghera M, Simpson R, Ondo WG, Jankovic J

Predictors of response to bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation for Parkinson's disease.

Tintner R, Almaguer M, Vuong KD, Ondo WG, Jankovic J, Sanghera M

Pleuropulmonary fibrosis after 11 years of pergolide treatment.

Tintner R, Manian P, Gauthier P, Jankovic J

The efficacy and safety of Dysport (botulinum type A toxin) in cervical dystonia: Results of the first US study.

Truong DD, Duane DD, Jankovic J, Singer C, Comella CL, the US Dysport Dystonia Study Group

Bone marrow stromal cell as potential cellular therapy for treatment of Parkinson's disease.

Yang K, Yuan X, Sun J, Long Y, Lai EC

Working memory functioning in mild and moderately severe Parkinson's disease patients.

York MK, Lai EC, Levin HS, Grossman RG

American Neurological Association (ANA)
127th Annual Meeting in New York, NY (Oct. 12-16, 2002)

Dystonia in Friedreich's ataxia.

Hou JG, Jankovic J

Parkinson's disease among residents of Harris County, 1998.

Lai EC, Waring S, Moore S, Thompson M

8th International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
Stockholm, Sweden (July 20-25, 2002)

How well do cerebral spinal fluid tau levels discriminate autopsy confirmed Alzheimer's disease from other dementia diagnoses?

Clark C, Eubank D, Peskind E, Galasko D, Morris J, McKeel D, Farlow M, Weitlauf S, Quinn J, Kaye J, Knopman D, Arai H, Doody R, Decarli C, Leight S, Lee V, Xie S, Trojanowski J

Pathogenesis and treatment strategies for selected therapies under development.

Doody RS

Long term treatment with the NMDA antagonist memantine: results of a 24-week, open label extension study in moderately severe to severe Alzheimer's disease.

Reisberg B, Mobius H, Stoffler A, Schmitt F, Doody R, Ferris S

American Headache Society
44th Annual Scientific Meeting in Seattle, Washington (June 21-23, 2002)

Basic and Therapeutic Aspects of Botulinum and Tetanus Toxins
International Conference in Hannover, Germany (June 8, 2002)

World Federation of Neurology (WFN)
Research Group on Neuroepidemiology. Regional North American Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado (April 19, 2002)

Survival in patients with dementia from a large multi ethnic population.

Waring S, Doody RS

International Neuropsychological Society (INS)
30th Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada (Feb. 13-16, 2002)

Neuropsychological test scores among complicated mild head injury subtypes.

Collins RL, Hannay HJ, Cass J, Valadka A

Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
31th Annual Meeting in San Diego, California (Nov. 10-15, 2001)

A study of neural interactions within the limbic system using partial coherence and direct transfer functions analysis.

Albo Z, Viana Di Prisco G, Truccolo W, Vertes RP, Ding M

World Federation of Neurology (WFN)
Research Group on Neuroepidemiology. Regional North American Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (May 9, 2001)

Racial differences among patients with Alzheimer's disease from a large multi ethnic population.

Waring S, Doody RS

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
53rd Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (May 5-11, 2001)

The prevalence of restless legs syndrome in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Atassi F, Vuong KD, Jankovic J, Ondo WG

The cognitive benefits of galantamine are sustained for at least 24 months: Results of a longterm extension trial in Alzheimer's disease.

Doody RS, Kershaw P

Exploring the relationship between Parkinson's disease and restless legs syndrome.

Ondo WG, Vuong KD, Jankovic J

International Neuropsychological Society (INS)
29th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois (Feb. 14-17, 2001)

Outcome of complicated mild head injury subtypes.

Hannay H, Collins R, Cass J, Valadka A

Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
30th Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana (Nov. 4-9, 2000)

Dynamical theta resonance between anterior thalamus and retrosplenial cortex in the anesthetized rat.

Albo Z, Viana Di Prisco G, Vertes RP

7th International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
Washington, DC (July 9-18, 2000)

Cholinesterase inhibitors: Benefits and limitations.

Doody RS

Movement Disorder Society (MDS)
6th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders in Barcelona, Spain (June 11-15, 2000)

Olanzapine treatment for dopaminergic induced hallucinations.

Ondo WG, Hunter C, Vuong KD, Jankovic J

Daytime sleepiness in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Ondo WG, Vuong KD, Atassi F, Khan H, Kwak C, Jankovic J

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
52nd Annual Meeting in San Diego, California (April 29 - May 6, 2000)

Donepezil preserves activities of daily living in Alzheimer's disease patients: Results from a 1-year placebo-controlled functional survival study.

Mohs R, Doody R, Morris J, Ieni J, Perdomo C, Pratt R

Profoundly advanced Alzheimer's disease: Patient characteristics, functional status, disease progression, and care burden.

Sumaira R, Doody R, Lai EC

Unilateral thalamic deep brain stimulation for essential tremor and Parkinson's disease: Effects of stimulation on the non-target limb and rebound augmentation.

Vuong KD, Ondo WnG, Almaguer M, Simpson RK, Jankovic J

American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP)
30th Annual Meeting in St. Loius, Missouri (Nov. 10-13, 1999)

Uninterrupted long-term donepezil treatment results in optimal efficacy with retained safety.

Doody R, Geldmacher DS, Pratt RD, Perdoma CA

Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
29th Annual Meeting in Miami Beach, Florida (Oct. 23-28, 1999)

Re-entrant theta activity in Papez circuit: Role of the anterior ventral nucleus of the thalamus.

Albo Z, Viana Di Prisco G, Vertes RP

Kappa-opioid receptors in the substantia nigra pars reticulata mediate the U-50,488-induced locomotor activity of preweanling rats.

Collins RL, Zavala AR, Nazarian A, McDougall SA

Patterns of neuronal activity in the median raphe during hippocampal theta rhythm in the anesthetized rat.

Viana Di Prisco G, Albo Z, Vertes RP

European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP)
12th Congress in London, UK (Sept. 21-25, 1999)

Donepezil preserves functional status in Alzheimer's disease patients: Results from a 1-year placebo-controlled attrition study.

Mohs R, Doody R, Morris J, Ieni J, Rogers S, Perdomo C, Pratt R

European Neurological Society (ENS)
9th Annual Meeting in Milan, Italy (June 5-9, 1999)

Optimal donepezil efficacy in Alzheimer's disease is dependent on continued administration.

Doody RS, Geldmacher DS, Pratt RD, Perdomo CA

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
51st Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada (April 17-24, 1999)

Does ApoE4 correlate with MRI changes in Alzheimer's disease?

Azher S, Doody RS, Haykal H, Dunn JK, Liao T-Y

Clinical benefits of donepezil: Results from a long-term phase III extension trial.

Doody RS, Pratt R, Perdomo C

European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP)
11th Congress in Paris, France (Oct. 31 - Nov. 4, 1998)

Donepezil improves cognition and global function in Alzheimer's disease: Results from U.S. and multinational phase III clinical trials.

Petit H, Doody RS, Pratt R

6th International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (July 18-23, 1998)

Chronic donepezil treatment is associated with slowed cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease patients.

Doody RS, Clark C, Farlow M, Foster N, Gonzales N, Liao J, Lai E, Massman P

The presence of APO E4 does not influence rate of decline in Alzheimer's disease.

Kataki M, Doody RS, Liao J, Sims J

Fifth International Geneva/Springfield Symposium on Advances in Alzheimer Therapy
Geneva, Switzerland (April 15-18, 1998)

Current therapeutic standards in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

Doody RS

Research outcome measures in Alzheimer's disease: Statistical significance, effect size and responder analysis - How do they translate to clinical relevance?

Rogers S, Mohs R, Friedhoff L, Doody RS

Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
27th Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana (Oct. 25-30, 1997)

Theta-rhythmic neuronal activity in anterior thalamic nuclei of the rat.

Kirk IJ, Albo Z, Vertes RP

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
49th Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts (April 15-17, 1997)

Outcome measures in dementia trials-video CIBIC validity and reliability.

Quinn JF, Benson DF, Clark C, Doody RS, Jagust W, Knopman D, Kaye J

American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP)
35th Annual Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico (Dec. 9-13, 1996)

Donepezil HCI (E2020) improves cognitive and global function in patients with mild and moderately severe Alzheimer's disease: Results of a 15-week phase III study.

Rogers SL, Doody RS, Mohs RC, Friedhoff LT

Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
26th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC (Nov. 16-21, 1996)

Long lasting changes in cortical excitatory amino acid receptor levels and dopamine-induced behavior after neonatal excitotoxic lesions of the ventral hippocampus in rats.

Albo Z, Flores G, Barbeau D, Quirion R, Srivastava LK

International Behavioral Neuroscience Society (ISBN)
5th Annual Meeting in Cancun, Mexico (May 2-5, 1996)

Prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension in a population of Alzheimer's patients.

Kashani A, Doody RS, Wayner MJ, Phelix CF

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
48th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California (March 23-30, 1996)

Rate of dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT) in subjects with mild cognitive impairment.

Grundman M, Petersen R, Morris J, Ferris S, Sano M, Farlow M, Doody RS, Galasko D, Ernesto C, Thomas R, Thal L, the ADCS Cooperative Study

E-2020 Produces both clinical global and cognitive test improvement in patients with mild to moderately severe Alzheimer's disease (AD): Results of a 30-week phase III trial.

Rogers S, Doody RS, Mohs R, Friedhoff L

Pharmacologic evidence for autonomic psudomotor dysfunction in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

Sabbagh N, Smith RG, Lynn P, Doody RS, Appel SH, Killian JH

International Neuropsychological Society (INS)
24th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois (Feb. 14-17, 1996)

Reliability and validity of a new clinical global rating scale for Alzheimer's clinical trials.

Olin J, Clark C, Doody RS, Schmitt F, Ferris S, Morris J, Reisberg B, Sneider L

Gerontological Society of America (GSA)
50th Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California (Nov. 15-19, 1995)

A new clinical global rating scale for Alzheimer's clinical trials.

Olin J, Schneider L, Clark C, Doody RS, Ferris S, Morris J, Reisberg B, Schmitt F

Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
25th Annual Meeting in San Diego, California (Nov. 11-16, 1995)

Cortical NMDA receptor levels are increased in adult rats following neonatal excitotoxic lesions of the ventral hippocampus.

Albo Z, Flores G, Barbeau D, Quirion R, Srivastava LK

American Neuropsychiatric Association (ANPA)
7th Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Oct. 12-15, 1995)

Estrogen and psychomotor performance.

Doody RS, Young R, Lynn P, Cooke N, Rosenfield JE

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
47th Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington (May 6-13, 1995)

A calculated measure to predict rate of progression in Alzheimer's disease.

Doody RS, Lynn P, Massman PJ

International Neuropsychological Society (INS)
23rd Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington (Feb. 8-11, 1995)

Sex differences involving naming in Alzheimer's disease: Stronger relationships with left hemisphere functioning in men.

Massman PJ, Doody RS

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
46th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC (May 1-7, 1994)

Psychometric profiles of Alzheimer's disease (AD) with/without white matter changes compared to subcortical ischemic vascular dementia (IVD).

Doody RS, Massman PJ, Nance ML

Neuropsychological distinctions between cortico-basal ganglionic degeneration (CBGD) and Alzheimer's disease with extrapyramidal signs.

Massman PJ, Kreiter KT, Jankovic J, Doody RS

International Neuropsychological Society (INS)
22nd Annual Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio (Feb. 2-5, 1994)

Neuropsychological differentiation of corticobasal degeneration from Alzheimer's disease.

Massman PJ, Kreiter KT, Jankovic J, Doody RS

American Neurological Association (ANA)
118th Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts (Oct. 18-20, 1993)

Dysfluency in the speech of AD patients.

Doody RS, Massman P

Literacy and cognition in northern Thailand.

Doody RS, Welsh K

American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)
43rd Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana (Oct. 5-9, 1993)

Simulation analysis of a large British pedigree segregating a newly characterized autosomal dominant language disorder: Familial developmental dysphasia.

Dunn W, Doody RS, Gopnik M, Ashizawa T

American Psychiatric Association (APA)
146th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California (May 22-27, 1993)

Neuroimaging findings and clinical variables associated with psychosis in Alzheimer's disease.

Kotrla K, Chacko R, Jhingran S, Doody RS

International Neuropsychological Society (INS)
21st Annual Meeting in Galveston , Texas (Feb. 24-27, 1993)

Correlates of asymmetric motor speed in Alzheimer's disease.

Massman P, Doody RS

National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN)
12th Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Nov. 5-7, 1992)

Neuropsychological correlates of apraxia in Alzheimer's disease patients.

Massman P, Doody RS

American Anthropological Association (AAA)
90th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois (Nov. 20-24, 1991)

Positioning: Neurology and anthropology enabling practices.

Doody RS

American Neurological Association (ANA)
116th Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington (Sept. 28 - Oct. 2, 1991)

Single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) in Alzheimer's disease and multiple-infarct dementia.

Doody RS, Strittmatter WJ, Jhingran S

Establishing the limits of the mini-mental state: MMS "subtests" versus a full neuropsychological battery.

Feher E, Mahurin R, Doody RS, Cooke N, Simms J, Pirozzolo F

Positive and negative psychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease.

Mahurin R, Feher E, Doody RS, Inbody S

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
43rd Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts (April 21-27, 1991)

The alien hand and related signs.

Doody RS, Jankovic J

American Anthropological Association (AAA)
89th Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana (Nov. 27 - Dec. 2, 1990)

Sense and nonsense: Dissemination and empiricism in practice.

Doody RS

American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM)
37th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois (Sept. 7-8, 1990)

Recurrent posterior-type aphasia associated with a seizure focus.

Doody RS, Hrachovy RA

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
42nd Annual Meeting in Miami, Florida (April 2-4, 1990)

Progressive nonfluent aphasia.

Feher E, Doody RS, Whitehead J, Priozzolo F

American College of Cardiology (ACC)
31st Annual Scientific Session in Atlanta, Georgia (April 25-29, 1982)

Effects of stress management and dietary changes in treating ischemic heart disease.

Ornish DM, Scherwitz LW, Doody RS, et al.