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A field potential analysis on the effects of lamotrigine, GP 47779, and felbamate in neocortical slices

scientific article published in August 1996

A-current in rat globus pallidus: a whole-cell voltage clamp study on acutely dissociated neurons

scientific article published in September 1992

AD with subcortical white matter lesions and vascular dementia: CSF markers for differential diagnosis

scientific article published in October 2005

Acetylcholine-dopamine balance in striatum: is it still a target for antiparkinsonian therapy?

scientific article published on 01 January 1989

Action of GP 47779, the active metabolite of oxcarbazepine, on the corticostriatal system. I. Modulation of corticostriatal synaptic transmission

scientific article published on 01 October 1995

Action of GP 47779, the active metabolite of oxcarbazepine, on the corticostriatal system. II. Modulation of high-voltage-activated calcium currents

scientific article published on 01 October 1995

Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors inhibits calcium currents and GABA-mediated synaptic potentials in striatal neurons

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Acute inactivation of the medial forebrain bundle imposes oscillations in the SNr: a challenge for the 6-OHDA model?

scientific article published on 13 July 2010

Alexithymia is a non-motor symptom of Parkinson disease

scientific article published in February 2012

Altered profile and D2-dopamine receptor modulation of high voltage-activated calcium current in striatal medium spiny neurons from animal models of Parkinson's disease.

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An Observational Study of the Effect of Levodopa-Carbidopa Intestinal Gel on Activities of Daily Living and Quality of Life in Advanced Parkinson's Disease Patients

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Association analysis between Alzheimer's disease and the Nicastrin gene polymorphisms

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Association study of the 5-hydroxytryptamine(6) receptor gene in Alzheimer's disease

scientific article (publication date: 31 May 2002)

Autonomic Function Tests and MIBG in Parkinson's Disease: Correlation to Disease Duration and Motor Symptoms

scientific article published on 24 July 2015

Bilateral GPi DBS is useful to reduce abnormal involuntary movements in advanced Parkinson's disease patients, but its action is related to modality and site of stimulation.

scientific article published in November 2001

Bilateral Implantation of Centromedian-Parafascicularis Complex and GPi: A New Combination of Unconventional Targets for Deep Brain Stimulation in Severe Parkinson Disease

scientific article published in July 2006

Bilateral deep brain stimulation of the pedunculopontine and subthalamic nuclei in severe Parkinson's disease.

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Biochemical and electrophysiological changes of substantia nigra pars reticulata driven by subthalamic stimulation in patients with Parkinson's disease.

scientific article published in June 2006

Blood dendritic cell frequency declines in idiopathic Parkinson's disease and is associated with motor symptom severity

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CSF and clinical hallmarks of subcortical dementias: focus on DLB and PDD.

scientific article published on 24 May 2012

CSF lactate levels, τ proteins, cognitive decline: a dynamic relationship in Alzheimer's disease

scientific article published on 13 August 2014

CSF markers in Alzheimer disease patients are not related to the different degree of cognitive impairment

Cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma: a clinicopathologic and electron microscopy study.

scientific article published in April 1998

Catecholamine-Based Treatment in AD Patients: Expectations and Delusions.

scientific article published on 04 May 2015

Cerebral glucose metabolism in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder is different from tau-related and α-synuclein-related neurodegenerative disorders: A brain [18F]FDG PET study

scientific article published on 23 March 2019

Cerebrospinal fluid lactate levels and brain [18F]FDG PET hypometabolism within the default mode network in Alzheimer's disease.

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Cerebrospinal-fluid Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers and Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity in a Natural Population of Cognitive Intact Parkinson's Disease Patients

scientific article published on 5 December 2016

Clinical and electrophysiological effects of apomorphine in Parkinson's disease patients are not paralleled by amino acid release changes: a microdialysis study

scientific article published in January 2001

Clinical and genetic study of a large SPG4 Italian family

scientific article published in August 2005

Commentary: Clinical Correlates of Raphe Serotonergic Dysfunction in Early Parkinson's Disease.

scientific article published on 21 December 2015

Compliance with levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel in a selected population in central south Italy: Beyond sex, a possible gender effect

scientific article published on 27 March 2020

Correlation between changes in CSF dopamine turnover and development of dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease.

scientific article published on 17 November 2008

Corrigendum to "Dopaminergic involvement in a drummer with focal dystonia: A case study" [Clin. Neurol. Neurosurg. (2018) 166 (March) 54-55]

scientific article published on 28 March 2018

Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's disease patients and routine 6-OHDA rodent models: synergies and pitfalls

scientific article published on 27 August 2020

Deep Brain Stimulation of Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus: Role in Sleep Modulation in Advanced Parkinson Disease Patients—One-Year Follow-Up

scientific article published on December 1, 2012

Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease: an expert consensus and review of key issues

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Deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease patients: biochemical evidence.

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Deep brain stimulation of CM/PF of thalamus could be the new elective target for tremor in advanced Parkinson's Disease?

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Deep brain stimulation of both subthalamic nucleus and internal globus pallidus restores intracortical inhibition in Parkinson's disease paralleling apomorphine effects: a paired magnetic stimulation study.

scientific article published in January 2002

Deep brain stimulation of pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPTg) promotes cognitive and metabolic changes: a target-specific effect or response to a low-frequency pattern of stimulation?

scientific article published in April 2010

Deep brain stimulation of the pedunculopontine nucleus modulates subthalamic pathological oscillations

scientific article published on 10 November 2018

Deep brain stimulation of the pedunculopontine tegmentum and subthalamic nucleus: effects on gait in Parkinson's disease.

scientific article published on 19 August 2010

Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus: All that glitters isn't gold?

scientific article published on 4 February 2015

Deep brain stimulation promotes excitation and inhibition in subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease.

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Deficient vesicular storage: A common theme in catecholaminergic neurodegeneration.

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Delayed administration may improve entacapone effects in parkinsonian patients non-responding to the drug.

scientific article published in September 2004

Depressive symptoms in Parkinson's disease and in non-neurological medical illnesses.

scientific article published on 21 March 2013

Different patterns of cardiac sympathetic denervation in tremor-type compared to akinetic-rigid-type Parkinson's disease: molecular imaging with ¹²³I-MIBG.

scientific article published on 27 September 2012

Different patterns of nigrostriatal degeneration in tremor type versus the akinetic-rigid and mixed types of Parkinson's disease at the early stages: molecular imaging with 123I-FP-CIT SPECT.

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Differential inhibition by riluzole, lamotrigine, and phenytoin of sodium and calcium currents in cortical neurons: implications for neuroprotective strategies

scientific article published in September 1997

Differential post-translational modifications of transthyretin in Alzheimer's disease: a study of the cerebral spinal fluid.

scientific article published in April 2006

Distinct roles of cortical and pallidal β and γ frequencies in hemiparkinsonian and dyskinetic rats

scientific article published on 10 November 2015

Do CSF levels of t-Tau, p-Tau and β₁₋₄₂ amyloid correlate with dopaminergic system impairment in patients with a clinical diagnosis of Parkinson disease? A ¹²³I-FP-CIT study in the early stages of the disease.

scientific article published on 10 July 2014

Does 123I-MIBG scintigraphy really assist the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease?

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Does fatigue in Parkinson's disease correlate with autonomic nervous system dysfunction?

scientific article published on 25 September 2018

Dopamine receptor subtypes colocalize in rat striatonigral neurons

scientific article published on November 1, 1992

Dysbiosis of gut microbiota in a selected population of Parkinson's patients

scientific article published on 03 June 2019

Effective treatment of restless legs syndrome by safinamide in Parkinson's disease patients

scientific article published on 18 December 2017

Effects of deep brain stimulation of the peduncolopontine area on working memory tasks in patients with Parkinson's disease.

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Effects of dihydropyridine calcium antagonists on rat midbrain dopaminergic neurones

scientific article published on November 1994

Effects of extracellular pH on the interaction of sipatrigine and lamotrigine with high-voltage-activated (HVA) calcium channels in dissociated neurones of rat cortex.

scientific article published in May 2001

Effects of increasing doses of apomorphine during stereotaxic neurosurgery in Parkinson's disease: clinical score and internal globus pallidus activity. Short communication

scientific article published on January 1997

Efficacy and safety profile of prolonged release oxycodone in combination with naloxone (OXN PR) in Parkinson's disease patients with chronic pain

scientific article published on 2 July 2015

Electrophysiological actions of felbamate on rat striatal neurones.

scientific article published on October 1995

Electrophysiological effects of monoamine oxidase inhibition on rat midbrain dopaminergic neurones: an in vitro study.

scientific article published on February 1996

Electrophysiology of dopamine D-1 receptors in the basal ganglia: old facts and new perspectives.

scientific article published on September 1995

Electrophysiology of sipatrigine: a lamotrigine derivative exhibiting neuroprotective effects

scientific article published in March 2000

Epstein–Barr virus neuraxis infection as a trigger for central nervous system demyelinating processes: a case report

scientific article published on August 16, 2012

Extended release levodopa at bedtime as a treatment for nocturiain Parkinson's disease: An open label study

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

Felbamate inhibits dihydropyridine-sensitive calcium channels in central neurons

scientific article published in April 1996

Gabapentin inhibits calcium currents in isolated rat brain neurons

scientific article published in January 1998

Grafted neostriatal neurons express a late-developing transient potassium current

scientific article published on June 1, 1992

Grammar improvement following deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic and the pedunculopontine nuclei in advanced Parkinson's disease: A pilot study

scholarly article by Sergio Zanini et al published September 2009 in Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Group I mGluRs modulate calcium currents in rat GP: functional implications.

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Group III metabotropic glutamate receptor agonists modulate high voltage-activated Ca2+ currents in pyramidal neurons of the adult rat.

scientific article published in March 1998

Hedonic tone and its mood and cognitive correlates in Parkinson's disease.

scientific article published in January 2013

Helicobacter pylori eradication and l-dopa absorption in patients with PD and motor fluctuations

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Hemodynamic changes in Alzheimer's disease: A leading role behind the courtain? Commentary on "CSF Aβ1-42 combined with neuroimaging biomarkers in the early detection, diagnosis and prediction of Alzheimer's disease" by Lista et al

scientific article published on 5 December 2014

High-frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus modulates the activity of pedunculopontine neurons through direct activation of excitatory fibres as well as through indirect activation of inhibitory pallidal fibres in the rat.

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Homovanillic acid in CSF of mild stage Parkinson's disease patients correlates with motor impairment

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Implantation of human pedunculopontine nucleus: a safe and clinically relevant target in Parkinson's disease.

scientific article published in November 2005

Implantation of the nucleus tegmenti pedunculopontini in a PSP-P patient: safe procedure, modest benefits.

scientific article published in October 2009

Increased blood-cerebrospinal fluid transfer of albumin in advanced Parkinson's disease.

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L-AP4 inhibits high voltage-activated Ca2+ currents in pyramidal cortical neurones.

scientific article published in January 1996

Lamotrigine derivatives and riluzole inhibit INa,P in cortical neurons.

scientific article published in July 2002

Lamotrigine inhibits Ca2+ currents in cortical neurons: functional implications

scientific article published on 01 June 1996

Low frequency stimulation of the nucleus tegmenti pedunculopontini increases cortical metabolism in parkinsonian patients.

scientific article published on 19 November 2010

Lowered cAMP and cGMP signalling in the brain during levodopa-induced dyskinesias in hemiparkinsonian rats: new aspects in the pathogenetic mechanisms.

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May a suspicious psychiatric disorder hide sporadic hemiplegic migraine? Genetic test as prompting factor for diagnosis.

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Mechanisms of action underlying the efficacy of deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease: central role of disease severity

scientific article published on 12 August 2018

Met- and leu-enkephalins inhibit rat cortical neurons intracellularly recorded in vivo while morphine excites them: evidence for naloxone-sensitive and naloxone-insensitive effects

scientific article published in January 1989

Microdialysis in Parkinsonian patient basal ganglia: acute apomorphine-induced clinical and electrophysiological effects not paralleled by changes in the release of neuroactive amino acids.

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Morphine induces a spontaneous and evoked bursting activity in rat cortical neurons by adding a postsynaptic active mechanism to the synaptic input: an intracellular study in vivo

scientific article published on 01 July 1988

Multi-target strategy for Parkinsonian patients: the role of deep brain stimulation in the centromedian-parafascicularis complex.

scientific article published on 21 September 2008

Multicenter study report: electrophysiological monitoring procedures for subthalamic deep brain stimulation surgery in Parkinson's disease.

scientific article published on 23 April 2010

Neuroacanthocytosis associated with a defect of the 4.1R membrane protein

scientific article published on 13 February 2007

Neuroprotective actions in vivo and electrophysiological actions in vitro of 202W92.

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Opioid-mediated modulation of calcium currents in striatal and pallidal neurons following reserpine treatment: focus on kappa response

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Opioids decrease high-voltage activated calcium currents in acutely dissociated neostriatal neurons.

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Outward potassium currents activated by depolarization in rat globus pallidus.

scientific article published on June 1995

Pathological gambling from dopamine agonist and deep brain stimulation of the nucleus tegmenti pedunculopontine

scientific article published on 18 November 2010

Pedunculopontine nucleus deep brain stimulation changes spinal cord excitability in Parkinson's disease patients

scientific article published on 15 January 2008

Pedunculopontine nucleus stimulation influences REM sleep in Parkinson's disease.

scientific article published on 15 May 2008

Peripeduncular and pedunculopontine nuclei: a dispute on a clinically relevant target

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

Physiological and molecular properties of AMPA/Kainate receptors expressed by striatal medium spiny neurons.

scientific article published in January 1998

Physiological role of GABAb receptors in the mammalian neostriatum

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

Posterior cortical atrophy with unilateral occipito-temporal degeneration

scientific article published in December 2004

Pramipexole in comparison to l-dopa: a neuropsychological study

scientific article published in April 2003

Properties of the hyperpolarization-activated cation current Ih in rat midbrain dopaminergic neurons

scientific article published on 01 March 1995

Rasagiline effect on bladder disturbances in early mild Parkinson's disease patients

scientific article published on 28 April 2014

Re: Stereotactic microdialysis of the basal ganglia in Parkinson's disease

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Reduced GABA Content in the Motor Thalamus during Effective Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus.

scientific article published on 5 April 2011

Rotigotine may improve sleep architecture in Parkinson's disease: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled polysomnographic study

scientific article published on 17 February 2016

STN versus PPN-DBS for alleviating freezing of gait: toward a frequency modulation approach?

scientific article published in October 2009

Sad and happy facial emotion recognition impairment in progressive supranuclear palsy in comparison with Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on May 15, 2012

Safinamide effect on sleep disturbances and daytime sleepiness in motor fluctuating Parkinson's disease patients: A validated questionnaires-controlled study

scientific article published on 30 June 2018

Selective vulnerability of pallidal neurons in the early phases of manganese intoxication.

scientific article published in December 2000

Serotonin enhances excitability in neostriatal neurons by reducing voltage-dependent potassium currents

scientific article published in October 1990

Serotonin impairment in CSF of PD patients, without an apparent clinical counterpart

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Spontaneous sleep modulates the firing pattern of parkinsonian subthalamic nucleus

scientific article published on 18 November 2005

Stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus compared with the globus pallidus internus in patients with Parkinson disease.

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Strength and weaknesses of cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease and possible detection of overlaps with frailty process.

scientific article published on June 2013

Subdyskinetic apomorphine responses in globus pallidus and subthalamus of parkinsonian patients: lack of clear evidence for the 'indirect pathway'.

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Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation on motor-symptoms of Parkinson's disease: Focus on neurochemistry

scientific article published on 31 January 2017

Subthalamic stimulation activates internal pallidus: evidence from cGMP microdialysis in PD patients.

scientific article published in March 2005

Subthalamic stimulation and levodopa modulate cortical reactivity in Parkinson's patients

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Successful subthalamic stimulation, but levodopa-induced dystonia, in a genetic Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on 22 March 2012

Synaptic and intrinsic control of membrane excitability of neostriatal neurons. I. An in vivo analysis.

scientific article published in April 1990

Tetrabenazine improves levodopa-induced peak-dose dyskinesias in patients with Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on April 2013

Thalamic ¹²³I FP-CIT uptake in a patient with clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease and depression.

scientific article published in January 2012

The Alzheimer's Association external quality control program for cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers

scientific article published on July 2011

The activation of mu opioid receptors promotes a small modulation of calcium currents in rat pallidal neurons.

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The clinical efficacy of L-DOPA and STN-DBS share a common marker: reduced GABA content in the motor thalamus.

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The early course of affective and cognitive symptoms in de novo patients with Parkinson's disease.

scientific article published on 3 April 2014

The effect of deep brain stimulation on the frontal N30 component of somatosensory evoked potentials in advanced Parkinson's disease patients

scientific article published on 01 October 1999

The effects of gabapentin on different ligand- and voltage-gated currents in isolated cortical neurons.

scientific article published in March 2001

The impact of rotigotine on cardiovascular autonomic function in early Parkinson's disease.

scientific article published on 28 August 2012

The modulation of calcium current by GABA metabotropic receptors in a sub-population of pallidal neurons.

scientific article published on November 1999

The modulation of calcium currents by the activation of mGluRs. Functional implications

scientific article published on August 1996

The modulation of dopamine receptors in rat striatum.

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The pharmacological blockade of medial forebrain bundle induces an acute pathological synchronization of the cortico-subthalamic nucleus-globus pallidus pathway.

scientific article published on 21 July 2009

The relationship between cerebral vascular disease and parkinsonism: The VADO study.

scientific article published on 22 April 2012

Therapy for dyskinesias in Parkinson’s disease patients

scholarly article by Alessandro Stefani et al published March 2010 in Future Neurology

Theta burst stimulation modulates cerebellar-cortical connectivity in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy

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Unraveling predictors affecting compliance to MRI in Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on 15 May 2015

Voltage-activated calcium channels: targets of antiepileptic drug therapy?

scientific article published in September 1997

Vulnerability of medium spiny striatal neurons to glutamate: role of Na+/K+ ATPase.

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Whole-cell patch clamp recording of voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channel currents heterologous expression systems and dissociated brain neurons.

scientific article published in January 2006

Whole-cell patch clamp recording of voltage-sensitive Ca²+ channel currents: heterologous expression systems and dissociated brain neurons

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

Whole-cell patch-clamp recording of voltage-sensitive Ca²⁺ channel currents in single cells: heterologous expression systems and neurones.

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