...Mir Mohammad Jalali; Seyed Ali Roudbary; Hooshang Gerami; Robabeh Soleimani; Seyed Matin Ebrahimi Introduction: This study is aimed at investigating the olfactory function among different subtypes of Parkinson disease (PD) and the impact of sex on smell identification test. Methods: In this cross...

... of the habituation of the blink reflex is a typical feature of Parkinson disease. L-Dopa and amantadine, but not anticholinergic drugs, are able to partly reverse these abnormalities in blink reflex habituation to a normal pattern. Lisuride, a dopamine agonist with serotoninergic activity, has been recently proposed...

...Abraham N. Lieberman; Menek Goldstein; Govindan Gopinathan; Morton Leibowitz; Andreas Neophytides; Russell Walker; Emil Hiesiger Lisuride was administered to 63 patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD) who were no longer satisfactorily responding to levodopa. The group included 40 patients...

...R.J. Marttila; P. Arstila; J. Nikoskelainen; P.E. Halonen; U.K. Rinne An assay of antibodies to 15 various viruses and mycoplasma pneumoniae was performed on the serum specimens from 441 patients with Parkinson disease and from 443 healthy controls matched by sex, age, and place of residence...

... tracker in a population composed of normal controls and in patients affected by nonadvanced Parkinson’s disease (PD). PD patients characteristically have difficulty in sustaining repetitive motor actions. Previous studies showed a progressive bradykinesia and hypokinesia of pursuit ocular movements (POM...