Very few seats available for the Canadian Hot Topics in #movementdisorders, endorsed by the Movement Disorders Society and in collaboration with @uoftmedicine.bsky.social. The 2-day meeting will be held in person in Toronto on Nov 7 and 8. DM if interested. @kbi-uhn.bsky.social @uhn.ca

15 years (and 12 editions) later, here we are again for our annual 4-day intensive course on the diagnosis and treatment of #movementdisorders. This year we're in charming Milan, hosted by the conference centre of Humanitas University. More info here: www.mdscourse.com

Wonderful lecture on the role of #DBS for #Freezing of #Gait by @alfonsofasano.bsky.social at the #ICFOG2025 meeting in #Atlanta @icfog.bsky.social

📺✨Congratulations to Dr. Alfonso Fasano, Clinician Investigator at UHN’s Krembil Brain Institute, for his recent CBC feature! 💙🎸 The piece also follows Fabio Dwyer, a musician and UHN patient with Parkinson’s disease who is currently participating in the study.   🔗: linktr.ee/krembil

movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Happy to share our work in @movedisorder.bsky.social We compared outcomes of bilateral #HIFU and #DBS in essential tremor, identified thalamic hotspots using probabilistic mapping. @fusfoundation.bsky.social @alfonsofasano.bsky.social

An incredible story of innovation and hope. A Canadian trial led by Dr. @alfonsofasano.bsky.social at UHN's @kbi-uhn.bsky.social shows promising early results in managing #Parkinsons symptoms. Read more ⬇️

Early results of an Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation trial show promising improvements in speech, movement and quality of life for patients with #Parkinsons. Learn more through the eyes of patient Fabio Dywer and #TeamUHN neurologist Dr. @alfonsofasano.bsky.social Fasano: bit.ly/3F4bTCB

📖✨Congratulations to Drs. Alfonso Fasano, Andres Lozano and Suneil Kalia, researchers at UHN’s Krembil Brain Institute, for their recent publication in Nature! 🔗: linktr.ee/krembil #Parkinsons #Dopamine #SteamCells #NoResearchNoCure #ResearchMatters #MovementDisorder

🚨 Final Call for Late-Breaking Abstracts! Are you conducting cutting-edge research on Freezing of Gait (FOG) in Parkinson’s or other movement disorders? We welcome original research across clinical, mechanistic, and technological domains 🧠🧪🤖 🔗 Submit now: icfog.org/meetings/abs...

🩶 This #ParkinsonsAwarenessMonth, we’re spotlighting just a few of our people at UHN's Krembil Brain institute that are driving research and discovery forward. Because behind every lab coat is a researcher deeply committed to changing lives. #NoResearchNoCure 🔬🥼📚 🔗: instagram.com/krembilresearch

The first update on #mds by @mayoclinic.org and @uhntoronto.bsky.social just kicked off with Dr Lang’s lecture on ‘what’s #parkinson’

Join us at ICFOG 2025 in Atlanta (June 3–6), here global minds meet to tackle one of the most disabling symptoms of Parkinson’s and related disorders: Freezing of Gait. Connect with top experts, share breakthroughs, and shape the future of care. Don’t miss out, register now! 🔗Learn more icfog.org

📅 Join our webinar on 24 April to find out more about #DeepBrainStimulation surgery! We'll be hearing from experts (including @alfonsofasano.bsky.social) and a person with Parkinson's who recently had DBS to find out the questions to ask your healthcare professionals. 👉 Register: buff.ly/Y0bW7gc

🎉Congratulations to Dr. Karun Singh, Senior Scientist @dkjei-uhn.bsky.social, for receiving a CIHR grant for his project, "SCN2A regulates embryonic excitatory/inhibitory balance through a neurogenic mechanism."

I had fun summarizing 2024 #parkinson research for @medscape.com Thank you @drisubramanian.bsky.social, we covered a lot, including works from @albertoespay.bsky.social and @andreashorn.org @pfresearchteam.bsky.social @michaelokun.bsky.social @kbi-uhn.bsky.social www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

What's the relationship between #dystonia and #tremor? Can we solve it on clinical grounds only? We used to have dystonic tremor and tremor associated with dystonia... is this enough? Turns out it's ... complicated. See what we think here: www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...

We just successfully wrapped the 12th Advanced Course on Diagnosis and Treatment of Movement Disorders, this time in Bari, Puglia, along with Francesca Morgante, @alfonsofasano.bsky.social, & Davide Martino. Intense and rewarding 4 days of learning together in a beautiful part of the world.

Would you like to see @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social add a share to blue sky button?! I know I would! Share this post to let @richardsever.bsky.social @erictopol.bsky.social and others at bioarxiv know!

Thank you @blueark.app, the end of (my) X account is getting closer.

Our network meta-analysis: #DBS of the #subthalamus worsens falling in #parkinson's No positive/negative effect of pallidal stimulation or intestinal #levodopa Newest subcutaneous levodopa or foslevodopa pumps improve falling, a first in advanced treatments! jnnp.bmj.com/content/earl...

Fun to explore a bibliometric analysis of the DBS field – excited to have *just* made the "top 25 papers" list – looks like our 2017 article w/ @foxmdphd.bsky.social spun out a small subfield of connectomic DBS (bottom)? Obviously Little et al. 2013 is 👑 :) www.frontiersin.org/journals/agi...

It's happening: No more twitter/X handle. I hope #journals will adapt soon. #ExitTwitter #ExitX #ExitTwitterX

Welcome to @bsky.app @angeloantonini.bsky.social

Incredible lessons on #leadership by Rochelle Walensky, former director of the Centers for Disease Control, at @harvardchanschool.bsky.social. I'm afraid we won't see anything like this for the next 4 years... PS #Boston in the #fall never disappoints

One of most overlooked issues of past literature is the 'miracle' of #brain surgery in #functional patients. Cooper was a pioneer in the field but some of his success came from this, as we discussed recently in www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...

Will I miss these 2 prigs?

See you on @bluesky (@alfonsofasano.bsky.social) and @Meta’s Threads (al_fasao)

Podcast alert: #Tremor Special Series. Had the pleasure of interviewing Elan Louis from @UTSWMedCenter. Why Tremor? have a listen and you'll find out! https://www.movementdisorders.org/Podcasts/Special-Series-Why-tremor.htm#Tremor @matarazzomd @movedisorder

Adaptive/closed-loop #DBS is a fascinating new tool which will likely expand the current list of indications, beyond #Parkinson We used it to understand #orthostatic #tremor during day-to-day conditions but also to stimulate on demand, with better results compared to classic DBS

What this ‘social’ media has become: 👇

Stay tuned (literally!)... a great podcast is on its way and it'll make you shake (literally #2!) #tremor #podcast @kailashbhatia @movedisorder @matarazzomd

Treating gait in #Parkinson has improved over the years but a lot still needs to be done. Researchers out there consider applying to this new funding opportunity provided by the @MichaelJFoxOrg!

The Movement Disorders (@movedisorder) and Hydrocephalus Society (@hydrocephalusso) met in Nagoya during #Hydrocephalus2024 for a joint session on the complex relationship between mds and #nph. Thank you Sevil Yasar, Mats Tullberg & Joachim Krauss for the unforgettable plenary.

An unforeseen issue of adaptive deep brain stimulation is managing the control signal during #sleep, when brain physiology changes We used #MachineLearning for 'Sleep-Aware DBS', which proved to work regardless of target and disease. @ArjBalachandar http://doi.org/10.1002/mds.29987

Medical Assistance in Dying (#MAiD) in neurodegenerative disorders is as important as neglected. @UHN and @HealthCanada have policies in place. Not the same everywhere, unfortunately. Glad for my modest contribution to Dr Cohen’s book on the topic. #Alzheimers @OxUniPress

You landing on my page: sorry if I'm not as active as I used to be, trying hard to make 'x' grow on me. Not easy and we all know why No, I don't think it makes sense to move elsewhere, it is what it is everywhere And yes, this is still #twitter to me.

Further proof that #gait is lateralized to the right deep brain, important for programming Specular sweet/sour maps: no results if flipping one hemisphere onto the other! to be kept in mind when you read about studies doing so to increase the sample...

Kapil Sethi was a leader in movement disorders... Many are, but very few are kind and humble as he was, a self-taught expert. Used to call me 'blue(s)-man' because of my early interest in ceruloplasmin (the latin meaning). I'll never forget that glass of wine on stage.

Buz and I put together some thoughts on how to write case reports on movement disorders: it was as fun as difficult! How do we teach how to #write #manuscripts? Thank you @MDCP_Journal @kailashbhatia and @mmerello for the opportunity Free access here:...

People with #parkinson switching from intestinal to subcutaneous infusion of dopamine… How long would you wait before removing the PEG-J? I’d say at least 2 months Thoughts?

Where is #Neuromodulation going? Vibhor Krishna and myself edited a special issues of #Neurotherapeutics (@ASENT_Org). Our editorial (http://www.neurotherapeuticsjournal.org/article/S1878-7479(24)00057-6/fulltext#Neuromodulation#Neurotherapeuticsgave us the chance to dream about the future... and also publish a...

Join me and @Neuronologist1 on Saturday May 4 at 1.30pm. We’ll be presenting our book #ReprogrammingTheBrain @Librissimi1, moderated by @EmiliaLuca_PhD. @TorontoComites @IICToronto @CCanadese @CHINTvCanada

hey #MedTwitter, what would you tell a #Parkinson person travelling to the USA to pay 12k for a stem cell trial without any scientific evidence? I know the answer... but it's still concerning Btw, there's no publication 'because it's a very new discovery', we need to educate more

When you have a meeting in the old world… @Limpe_Parkinson @angelo_antonini @franci_morgante #europe

This year we doubled for #AANAM in Denver! Join me, @joan_miravite, @kchoudoc and Joohi Jimenez-Shahed for our #DBS Programming Skills Workshop: - Basic (Apr 16 1pm-5:30pm) - Advanced (Apr 17 1pm-5:30pm) @AANmember/@AANbrain

On Apr 11 ( International #Parkinson Day) we’ll finally release “Slow Emotion” by @MarthaJohnson13 (Martha & the Muffins) & Fabio Dwyer Duarte. A documentary produced in coll with @UHN @KBI_UHN @UofT @ParkinsonCanada will describe this inspiring journey....

Is an @Apple a day really keeping the doctor away? With @DrABoogers vs. @basbloem et al... in @ANA_journals. Do you think technology always helps when it comes to the care of people with #Parkinsons?