VCU Parkinson's & Movement Disorders Center

VCU Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center a co-sponsor for the 2013 Parkinson’s Disease Community Education Day on Saturday, October 12, 2013 Save the date for this annual conference for individuals and families affected by Parkinson’s Disease.  This year’s conference registration will open on August 1, 2013 – sign up for our mailing list to receive [...]

Researchers at VCU Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center seek volunteers for clinical research studies Clinical research is integral to advance our understanding of Parkinson’s and movement disorders.  Researchers at VCU Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center rely on volunteers to partner in the quest to learn more about these diseases. By volunteering to participate in clinical [...]

VCU Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center neurologists participating in  research to learn more about dystonia Dystonia is a disorder involving excessive involuntary contraction of muscles with repetitive and patterned movements.  Researchers want to learn more about the causes of dystonia and how the symptoms of the disorder may progress over time.  To be eligible to [...]

VCU Hosted successful Huntington Disease Community Education Day workshop featuring Huntington Disease experts and resources The Virginia Commonwealth University Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center hosted the Huntington Disease Community Education Day on Saturday, May 4, 2013. Sixty participants, made up of caregivers, people with HD, at-risk individuals, health professionals and students in the VCU OT [...]

Claudia Testa, MD, PhD, a neurologist and researcher with the VCU Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center is now recruiting participants for a study examining the biology of essential tremor. Essential tremor (ET), sometimes referred to as benign essential tremor, is a common movement disorder that causes rhythmic tremors or shaking.  It can affect a person’s [...]

The VCU Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center is co-hosting a Huntington Disease Community Education Day on Saturday, May 4, 2013. Members of the Huntington Disease community are invited to attend this conference to learn about advances in clinical care and research, and how to identify resources to improve quality of life. The program features presentations [...]

VCU Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center researchers are conducting a research study to investigate how people are able to live well with Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Sarah Lageman and Andrea Garroway, M.S., a doctoral student in the VCU Department of Psychology are conducting this survey project, with a goal to better understand how people’s resilience and [...]

Dr. Leslie Cloud has been awarded grant funding from VCU Center for Clinical Translational Research Endowment Fund for her study titled “Erythromycin in Parkinson’s disease: a pilot study of its effects on levodopa pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.” Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) often have slowed stomach emptying, which negatively impacts absorption of levodopa (the mainstay of [...]

Researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center have found that mitochondrial quality and functional capacity play an important role in Parkinson’s disease.   Dr. Patricia Trimmer, associate director of basic research for the center and associate professor of anatomy and neurobiology, and her research team recently published research study results that [...]

VCU Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center and the HDSA Center of Excellence at University of Virginia are co-sponsoring the 2013 Huntington Disease Community Education Day. Members of the Huntington Disease community are invited to attend this conference to learn about advances in clinical care and research, and how to identify resources to improve quality of [...]