Decoding Parkinson’s Subtypes

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In this video, Dr. Alberto Espay talks with Polly Dawkins about subtypes of Parkinson’s, the significance of each person's individual biology, clinical trials, and what it will take to cure Parkinson's. You may also find value in our blog post about this webinar: https://davisphinneyfoundation.org/we...

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Speaker Bio: Alberto J. Espay, MD, is a movement disorder specialist who practices at the University of Cincinnati's Gardner Center for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders. Dr. Espay currently serves as chair of the Pan American Section of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society (MDS-PAS), and he has published over 350 peer-reviewed articles and 40 book chapters. He has also written 10 books, including Concise Neurology (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins/Wolters Kluwer Health, 2011), with Dr. Jose Biller; Common Movement Disorders Pitfalls (Cambridge University Press, 2012), with Dr. Anthony Lang; and Practical Neurology Visual Review (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins/Wolters Kluwer Health, 2013 [in press]), with Dr. Jose Biller. He has also co-authored a book--Brain Fables--with Benjamin Stecher, who lives with Parkinson's.

0:00 - Intro
5:17 - Parkinson's subtypes
11:01 - Parkinsonism
13:00 - Genetic subtypes of Parkinson's
24:08 - Alpha synuclein research
34:24 - How to navigate clinical trials and new research
49:50 - Conclusion