Live Reports: MDS 13th International Congress, Paris
Alison Urkowitz of MJFF is at the 13th International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders in Paris, and gives us daily reports on what she sees and hears at the sessions. The image is a cell-phone pic Alison took: a little Can-Can from the opening ceremonies.
- June 7 2009: Her first post fits in with the ongoing discussion taking place at our Research Question about clinical scales for cognitive and psychiatric assessment. You will find Alison's post at the top of the responses for this question.
- June 8 2009: Alison gives a brief report on a session entitled "What's new in Parkinson's disease therapeutics". This report is posted in the PD Guide under Therapeutic Development. Also on this day, Bastiaan Bloem discussed whether falling can be considered a cognitive symptom: Alison's report is posted in the PD Guide under Postural & Gait Disturbances.
- June 9 2009: The discussion at the International Congress turns to the role of mutations of the GBA gene, implicated in Gaucher's disease, in PD. Alison has posted her report in the ongoing discussion of GBA and PD located here on PD Online Research.
- June 10 2009: Two morning sessions concerned other diseases that are similar in some ways to PD, and how researchers specializing in these different diseases can team up to gain insight into common mechanisms. A brief report of these sessions is posted in the PD Guide under Clinical Features.