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How does weather impact Parkinson's? Living 1-3 miles from a golf course and Parkinson's risk? These stories and more in this month's free Fixel Movement Messenger. Also follow us on all social media channels @Fixelinstitute for a new post everyday.
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June 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Hope in motion: The July edition of the FREE Fixel movement messenger is out. You can also follow us @Fixelinstitute
We dedicated this issue to everyone touched by PD and updates on where science is heading; and to the real lives behind that science. movementdisorders.ufhealth.org/newsletter/f...
July 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Follow @FixelInstitute for daily posts and the free monthly Fixel Newsletter for Daily Insights on Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, ALS and what is current and what will be next in Brain Health. Here is the link to subscribe:
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June 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
What is the one thing Bas Bloem would never do as a neurologist? He would never become 'physically inactive.' Exercise he says helps to prevent neurological disease, suppress symptoms, and may be disease modifying. If you are not following us @FixelInstitute you are missing out on tips and articles.
April 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Our brief review on the management of #dystonia now online in @PracticalNeuro

This effort was spearheaded by @UFMDC @FixelInstitute fellow par excellence @EnriqueZenitram

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November 24, 2024 at 8:12 PM
The 23 UF neurology fellows from all specialties learning archery today! That is how we orient in the gator nation! ⁦@UFMDC⁩ ⁦@FixelInstitute⁩ ⁦@UFStroke⁩ ⁦@UFNeuroRes⁩ ⁦@UF⁩ ⁦@TStiepMD⁩
December 2, 2024 at 2:57 AM
Teaching for Leadership Initiatives these past two weeks at Georgetown has put fuel in my tank as these high schoolers from all over the USA give me hope for a bright future. #parkinson @FixelInstitute @Georgetown @SBLeadership
November 25, 2024 at 10:54 AM
How do you think about age related autoimmune dysfunction? How about how things work in neurodegeneration? Do you think about protein aggregates, microglia, inflammation and more? @MaluTansey delighting us at the @FixelInstitute Start and Spark Lecture series tonight. #Parkinson
November 25, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Congrats to Dr. @nikornz and team @FixelInstitute for receiving a @CurePSP Center of Care award to continue their efforts related to the care of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Corticobasal Degeneration and Multiple System Atrophy.

#PSP #CBD #MSA #CurePSP #BrainScience
November 27, 2024 at 3:09 AM
In a new perspective piece published in @tandfonline, several of our @FixelInstitute members reviewed the challenges and future direction of tractography-guided DBS, identifying a promising tool for improving DBS outcomes for mood disorders.
 
Congrats on the publication!
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November 25, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Do you subscribe to our @FixelInstitute Movement Messenger (Newsletter)? Here is link if you want to read November's edition which has 19 topics! https://cutt.ly/cNU5ZTg Ton of great information each month ranging from care to science to 'the people who make the magic happen.'
December 1, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Sticks of success! The rising future of Parkinson and movement disorders is in this picture. This is ⁦@FixelInstitute⁩ alumni reunion and look carefully as all the faces who make the magic happen are all present on sticks thanks to Pam Zeilma! ⁦⁦@UFHealth⁩
November 25, 2024 at 6:14 AM
“Addressing protein interactions in PWP is not a one size fits all approach. We need to customize the recommendations to fit the person we are treating,” said @carleyrusch, former nutrition doctoral student at the @FixelInstitute at @UFHealth and the @UF_FSHN

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November 25, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Mind blowing described in Khoshbouei @FixelInstitute @UFMBI out this week."Surprisingly, discovered a NET-independent, dopamine transporter DAT-mediated immuno-modulatory mechanism in response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS)." DAT can be measured in PD blood....
December 1, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Rachael Dorsey, MOT, ORT/L, an occupational therapist at the @fixelinstitute, discussed the basics about pelvic floor therapy and the benefits for people living with Parkinson’s at the 2023 PD Symposium on May 13th.

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November 25, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Can we change the payer system to better accommodate Parkinson's disease physical therapy? Spaced instead of burst? The data suggests we are doing it wrong! http://parkinsonsecrets.com
https://www.prd-journal.com/article/S1353-8020(22)00054-2/fulltext @FixelInstitute
December 1, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Read our @FixelInstitute monthly newsletter for everything new and exciting including this NIH exercise study #parkinsons led by Daniel Corcos.
'To date, no medication has slowed the progression of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Preclinical, epidemiological, and experimental data on
November 28, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Some of the symptoms are:

Changes in thinking and reasoning
Fluctuating cognitive function
Visual Hallucinations
REM sleep behavior disorder
Movement issues

#LBD #FixelInstitute #UFHealth #LBDAwareness

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November 25, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Check out new paper out today on temporally optimized patterned stimulation (TOPS) as a therapy to personalize deep brain stimulation treatment of Parkinson’s disease. We collaborated w/ Warren Grill, @DukeUniversity9 @ClevelandClinic and @FixelInstitute https://cutt.ly/iXHdOp5
December 1, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Where AI meets radiology. 'Can we enable seamless integration of AI into clinical practice?' Reza Forghani, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of radiology and artificial intelligence @FixelInstitute @UFMedicine and vice chair of AI ...
November 29, 2024 at 2:27 PM
PD and ET both basal ganglia d/o's and interesting similar mood symptoms. ' @dawnbowersphd @FixelInstitute PD mood associated w/ cognition. PD apathy associated w/ worse executive function and higher trait anxiety predicted worse attention/work memory.'...
December 1, 2024 at 5:33 AM
In a recent study, researchers at the @FixelInstitute at @UFHealth and the @UFCoDES used Medicare data to compare the rate of hospitalizations and deaths between two common Parkinson’s disease medications: pimavanserin and quetiapine.

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November 26, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Congrats to Carol Mathews from the UF Health Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment steering committee on your appointment as chair of the Department of Psychiatry. Thank you for impacting so many lives.
@KerriPPeters @UFHealth @UFMBI @FixelInstitute
December 1, 2024 at 9:16 AM
What is the relationship of Tau in health and diseases. Great talk by @FixelInstitute @UFMBI Lavoie lab. Listening to Elizabeth Chapman and Lexi Riley-DiPaolo teach us and also extend observations into LRRK2 Parkinson. How about we pay more attention to tau in #Parkinsons. Nice
November 27, 2024 at 9:09 PM