Frequency of levodopa‐related dyskinesias and motor fluctuations as estimated from the cumulative literature

JE Ahlskog, MD Muenter - Movement disorders: official journal …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
There is no clear consensus regarding the frequency (and hence, the risk), of dyskinesias or
motor fluctuations during chronic levodopa therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD). Multiple …

Pathophysiology of REM sleep behaviour disorder and relevance to neurodegenerative disease

…, DW Dickson, JE Parisi, EE Benarroch, JE Ahlskog… - Brain, 2007 - academic.oup.com
REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) is a parasomnia characterized by the loss of normal
skeletal muscle atonia during REM sleep with prominent motor activity accompanying …

Physical exercise as a preventive or disease-modifying treatment of dementia and brain aging

JE Ahlskog, YE Geda, NR Graff-Radford… - Mayo clinic …, 2011 - Elsevier
A rapidly growing literature strongly suggests that exercise, specifically aerobic exercise,
may attenuate cognitive impairment and reduce dementia risk. We used PubMed (keywords …

Increased risk of cognitive impairment or dementia in women who underwent oophorectomy before menopause

WA Rocca, JH Bower, DM Maraganore, JE Ahlskog… - Neurology, 2007 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: There is increasing laboratory evidence for a neuroprotective effect of estrogen;
however, the clinical and epidemiologic evidence remains limited and conflicting. We studied …

Pathological gambling caused by drugs used to treat Parkinson disease

…, YE Geda, KA Josephs, JE Ahlskog - Archives of …, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
… Analysis and interpretation of data: Dodd, Klos, Geda, Josephs, and Ahlskog. Drafting of
the manuscript: Dodd, Klos, and Ahlskog. Critical revision of the manuscript for important …

Does vigorous exercise have a neuroprotective effect in Parkinson disease?

JE Ahlskog - Neurology, 2011 - AAN Enterprises
Parkinson disease (PD) is progressive, with dementia and medication-refractory motor
problems common reasons for late-stage nursing-home placement. Increasing evidence …

Parkinson disease neuropathology: later-developing dementia and loss of the levodopa response

H Apaydin, JE Ahlskog, JE Parisi, BF Boeve… - Archives of …, 2002 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To investigate the neuropathologic substrate for dementia occurring late in
Parkinson disease (PD). Design We identified 13 patients with a clinical diagnosis of PD who …

Anxiety disorders and depressive disorders preceding Parkinson's disease: a case‐control study

…, BJ Peterson, JE Ahlskog… - … : official journal of the …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
We studied the association between preceding psychiatric disorders and Parkinson's disease
(PD) using a case‐control design. We used the medical records‐linkage system of the …

Pathologic heterogeneity in clinically diagnosed corticobasal degeneration

BF Boeve, DM Maraganore, JE Parisi, JE Ahlskog… - Neurology, 1999 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Early reports suggested that corticobasal degeneration (CBD) is a distinct
clinicopathologic entity. Because patients have had a fairly consistent constellation of clinical and …

Synucleinopathy pathology and REM sleep behavior disorder plus dementia or parkinsonism

…, AM Schmeichel, GE Smith, RC Petersen, JE Ahlskog… - Neurology, 2003 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To determine if synucleinopathy pathology is related to REM sleep behavior
disorder (RBD) plus dementia or parkinsonism. Methods: The clinical and neuropathologic …