Researchers studying donated brain tissue coined the term “LATE” a few years ago. “LATE” stands for limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy.
Monthly Archives: June 2022
Silver linings to Parkinson’s and other neurological disorders?
In January 2022, neurologist Dr. Bas Bloem posted a video online, commenting on whether there were any silver linings to being diagnosed with Parkinson’s. He said that it was his perception that receiving a PD diagnosis often caused people to pause and reflect, and decided to put energy into their families, enjoy their children, and travel to dream destinations.
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Symptoms and biomarkers predicting mortality in parkinsonism
Since parkinsonism disorders can be confused for each other — Parkinson’s disease, Lewy body dementia, progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple system atrophy, corticobasal degeneration, and vascular parkinsonism — especially early on in the disease process, perhaps more important than the clinical diagnosis is the prognosis.