Parkinson's Disease

An up to date listing of ongoing movement disorders research is available through the link with the University of Minnesota’s  Research Service Organization (RSO)

Surgical research:
Subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson’s disease (PD)
Bilateral thalamic DBS for disabling essential or parkinsonian tremor

Ongoing or future medication research for PD:
Please click on this link for University of Minnesota research studies:
Research Service Organization (RSO)

For further information about other clinical studies, please visit the following website: http://www.parkinson-study-group.org

Genetic research:
PROGENI is a NIH-funded multicenter genetics research project evaluating families in which two or more siblings have PD.  

For more information visit the following website:
http://progeni.iu.edu

Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and corticobasal degeneration (CBD) genetic study.

More information on genetics:
Genetics and Parkinson’s disease
Genetics and Dystonia

Ongoing and future brain imaging studies:
MR spectroscopy (MRS) for Parkinson's Disease (PD), Huntington's Disease (HD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

For information about MR-guided Therapy visit the following website:
http://www.cmrgt.umn.edu/

Motor control research:
In collaboration with  Juergen Konczak , Ph.D., Department of Kinesiology, studies are being conducted to evaluate motor function in PD patients and normal controls.

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