In the field of movement disorders, areas that have seen important advances in 2016 include the pathogenesis of Parkinson disease involving extra-CNS α-synuclein pathology, treatment of hyperkinetic disorders with novel dopamine-depleting drugs, and MRI-guided ultrasound surgery for the treatment of essential tremor.
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J.J. has received research and/or training grants from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson Research, the NIH, Neurocrine Biosciences, Prothena Biosciences and Teva Pharmaceuticals. He has served as a consultant or as an advisory committee member for Allergan, Pfizer and Teva Pharmaceuticals.
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Jankovic, J. Progress in Parkinson disease and other movement disorders. Nat Rev Neurol 13, 76–78 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2016.204
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