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Treatment Options for Tauopathies.
Tarik Karakaya, Fabian Fußer, David Prvulovic, Harald Hampel
Curr Treat Options Neurol 2012 Feb;
PMID: Object id #269222307450 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Being differently the same: The mediation of identity tensions in the sharing of illness experiences.
Fadhila Mazanderani, Louise Locock, John Powell
Soc Sci Med 2012 Feb; 74(4):546-53
PMID: Object id #7622227237 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Transient and state modulation of beta power in human subthalamic nucleus during speech production and finger movement.
A O Hebb, F Darvas, K J Miller
Neuroscience 2012 Jan; 202:218-33
PMID: Object id #18722173017 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Verbal Fluency in Patients Receiving Bilateral versus Left-Sided Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus for Parkinson's Disease.
Rickard L Sjöberg, Elin Lidman, Björn Häggström, Marwan I Hariz, Jan Linder, Anna Fredricks, Patric Blomstedt
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2012 Jan; :1-6
PMID: Object id #268922264411 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

A comparison of specialist rehabilitation and care assistant support with specialist rehabilitation alone and usual care for people with Parkinson's living in the community: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
Heather Gage, Sharlene Ting, Peter Williams, Karen Bryan, Julie Kaye, Beverly Castleton, Patrick Trend, Derick Wade
Trials 2011 ; 12:250
PMID: Object id #33722112960 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Closing the loop for deep brain stimulation implants enables personalized healthcare for Parkinson's disease patients.
Wolfgang Eberle, Julien Penders, Refet Firat Yazicioglu
Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2011 Aug; 2011:1556-8
PMID: Object id #258422254618 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Novel speech signal processing algorithms for high-accuracy classification of Parkinson's disease.
A Tsanas, M Little, P McSharry, J Spielman, L Ramig
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2012 Jan;
PMID: Object id #4522249592 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Perceptual measures of speech from individuals with Parkinson's Disease and Multiple Sclerosis: Intelligibility and beyond.
Joan E Sussman, Kris Tjaden
J Speech Lang Hear Res 2012 Jan;
PMID: Object id #5522232396 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Functional neuroanatomy of vocalization in patients with Parkinson's disease.
I Rektorova, M Mikl, J Barrett, R Marecek, I Rektor, T Paus
J Neurol Sci 2012 Feb; 313(1-2):7-12
PMID: Object id #45022078745 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Voice quality in Parkinson's disease in the Croatian language speakers.
Vladimir Bauer, Zorica Aleri?, Ervin Janci?, Vesna Miholovi?
Coll Antropol 2011 Sep; 35 Suppl 2:209-12
PMID: Object id #8122220437 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

When are high-tech communicators effective in Parkinson's disease?
Giorgio Ferriero, Marco Caligari, Gianpaolo Ronconi, Franco Franchignoni
Int J Rehabil Res 2011 Dec;
PMID: Object id #10222186614 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Short and valid assessment of apraxia in Parkinson's disease.
T Vanbellingen, C Lungu, G Lopez, F Baronti, R Müri, M Hallett, S Bohlhalter
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2011 Dec;
PMID: Object id #14322177625 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Acceleration of syllable repetition in Parkinson's disease is more prominent in the left-side dominant patients.
Andrea Flasskamp, Sonja A Kotz, Uwe Schlegel, Sabine Skodda
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2011 Dec;
PMID: Object id #19222169630 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Left-sided hemihypomimia in Parkinson's disease.
David Crosiers, Emke Maréchal, Yannick van Ael, Patrick Cras
Acta Neurol Belg 2011 Sep; 111(3):225-7
PMID: Object id #25422141289 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Infantile autism: a chronic psychosis since infancy due to synaptic pruning of the supplementary motor area.
Letten F Saugstad
Nutr Health 2011 ; 20(3-4):171-82
PMID: Object id #23222141191 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Effectiveness of an inpatient movement disorders program for patients with atypical parkinsonism.
Anna D Hohler, Jyeming M Tsao, Douglas I Katz, T Joy Dipiero, Christina L Hehl, Alissa Leonard, Valerie Allen, Maura Gardner, Heidi Phenix, Marie Saint-Hilaire, Terry Ellis
Parkinsons Dis 2012 ; 2012:871974
PMID: Object id #27322135763 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Instability of syllable repetition in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia and Parkinson's disease.
Tanja Schmitz-Hübsch, Oleksandr Eckert, Uwe Schlegel, Thomas Klockgether, Sabine Skodda
Mov Disord 2011 Nov;
PMID: Object id #34322109901 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Impairments of speech fluency in Lewy body spectrum disorder.
Sharon Ash, Corey McMillan, Rachel G Gross, Philip Cook, Delani Gunawardena, Brianna Morgan, Ashley Boller, Andrew Siderowf, Murray Grossman
Brain Lang 2011 Nov;
PMID: Object id #40822099969 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Awareness of dysphagia in Parkinson's disease].
Àngels Bayés-Rusiñol, Maria J Forjaz, Alba Ayala, M de la Cruz Crespo, Anna Prats, Esther Valles, Cristina Petit, Mercè Casanovas, Maite Garolera-Freixa
Rev Neurol 2011 Dec; 53(11):664-72
PMID: Object id #39722086428 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]