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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · Jul 12

15 years (and 12 editions) later, here we are again for our annual 4-day intensive course on the diagnosis and treatment of #movementdisorders.

This year we're in charming Milan, hosted by the conference centre of Humanitas University.

More info here: www.mdscourse.com

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Simon Lewis @profsimonlewis.bsky.social · Jun 6

Wonderful lecture on the role of #DBS for #Freezing of #Gait by @alfonsofasano.bsky.social at the #ICFOG2025 meeting in #Atlanta
@icfog.bsky.social

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Krembil Brain Institute 🧠 @kbi-uhn.bsky.social · May 12

📺✨Congratulations to Dr. Alfonso Fasano, Clinician Investigator at UHN’s Krembil Brain Institute, for his recent CBC feature!

💙🎸 The piece also follows Fabio Dwyer, a musician and UHN patient with Parkinson’s disease who is currently participating in the study.

🔗: linktr.ee/krembil

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Can Sarica @cansarica.bsky.social · May 10

movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Happy to share our work in @movedisorder.bsky.social We compared outcomes of bilateral #HIFU and #DBS in essential tremor, identified thalamic hotspots using probabilistic mapping.
@fusfoundation.bsky.social @alfonsofasano.bsky.social

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Research at UHN @uhnresearch.ca · May 9

An incredible story of innovation and hope.

A Canadian trial led by Dr. @alfonsofasano.bsky.social at UHN's @kbi-uhn.bsky.social shows promising early results in managing #Parkinsons symptoms.

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University Health Network @uhn.ca · May 9

Early results of an Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation trial show promising improvements in speech, movement and quality of life for patients with #Parkinsons.

Learn more through the eyes of patient Fabio Dywer and #TeamUHN neurologist Dr. @alfonsofasano.bsky.social Fasano:
bit.ly/3F4bTCB

Dr. Alfonso Fasano, a neurologist at University Health Network in Toronto, talks with Dwyer. (Turgut Yeter/CBC)

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University Health Network @uhn.ca · May 9

Early results of an Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation trial show promising improvements in speech, movement and quality of life for patients with #Parkinsons.

Learn more through the eyes of patient Fabio Dywer and #TeamUHN neurologist Dr. @alfonsofasano.bsky.social Fasano:
bit.ly/3F4bTCB

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Krembil Brain Institute 🧠 @kbi-uhn.bsky.social · Apr 23

📖✨Congratulations to Drs. Alfonso Fasano, Andres Lozano and Suneil Kalia, researchers at UHN’s Krembil Brain Institute, for their recent publication in Nature!

🔗: linktr.ee/krembil

#Parkinsons #Dopamine #SteamCells #NoResearchNoCure #ResearchMatters #MovementDisorder

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International Consortium for Freezing of Gait @icfog.bsky.social · Apr 15

🚨 Final Call for Late-Breaking Abstracts!

Are you conducting cutting-edge research on Freezing of Gait (FOG) in Parkinson’s or other movement disorders?

We welcome original research across clinical, mechanistic, and technological domains 🧠🧪🤖

🔗 Submit now: icfog.org/meetings/abs...

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · Apr 20

Standard language in patents (eg ‘prior art’)

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Krembil Brain Institute 🧠 @kbi-uhn.bsky.social · Apr 16

🩶 This #ParkinsonsAwarenessMonth, we’re spotlighting just a few of our people at UHN's Krembil Brain institute that are driving research and discovery forward. Because behind every lab coat is a researcher deeply committed to changing lives. #NoResearchNoCure 🔬🥼📚

🔗: instagram.com/krembilresearch

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · Apr 10

The first update on #mds by @mayoclinic.org and @uhntoronto.bsky.social just kicked off with Dr Lang’s lecture on ‘what’s #parkinson’

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · Apr 9

www.linkedin.com/posts/intern...

#neuromodulation #deepbrainstimulation #neuropsychiatry… | International Neuromodulation Society

💫Join us for an in-depth discussion on the latest advancements in #neuromodulation therapies for neuropsychiatric disorders. Moderated by Jan Vesper and James FitzGerald, this insightful session wi...

www.linkedin.com

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International Consortium for Freezing of Gait @icfog.bsky.social · Apr 9

Join us at ICFOG 2025 in Atlanta (June 3–6), here global minds meet to tackle one of the most disabling symptoms of Parkinson’s and related disorders: Freezing of Gait.

Connect with top experts, share breakthroughs, and shape the future of care. Don’t miss out, register now!
🔗Learn more icfog.org

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Parkinson's Europe @parkinsonseurope.bsky.social · Apr 8

📅 Join our webinar on 24 April to find out more about #DeepBrainStimulation surgery!

We'll be hearing from experts (including @alfonsofasano.bsky.social) and a person with Parkinson's who recently had DBS to find out the questions to ask your healthcare professionals.

👉 Register: buff.ly/Y0bW7gc

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Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute @dkjei-uhn.bsky.social · Feb 5

🎉Congratulations to Dr. Karun Singh, Senior Scientist @dkjei-uhn.bsky.social, for receiving a CIHR grant for his project, "SCN2A regulates embryonic excitatory/inhibitory balance through a neurogenic mechanism."

Krembil Brain Institute 🧠 @kbi-uhn.bsky.social · Feb 5

🎉Celebrating Krembil’s CIHR Success!🌟

Meet our outstanding Krembil Investigators who triumphed in the Fall 2024 CIHR Project Grant Competition, securing over $4.2M in funding! 🏆

#Relentless #CIHRGrant #Neuroscience #ResearchExcellence #HealthResearch #GrantSuccess

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · Jan 14

I had fun summarizing 2024 #parkinson research for @medscape.com

Thank you @drisubramanian.bsky.social, we covered a lot, including works from @albertoespay.bsky.social and @andreashorn.org

@pfresearchteam.bsky.social @michaelokun.bsky.social @kbi-uhn.bsky.social

www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

The Year in Parkinson’s Disease 2024

Drs Indu Subramanian and Alfonso Fasano discuss some of the 2024 highlights in Parkinson’s disease research, including a paradigm shift in diagnosis and the potential role of GLP-1s.

www.medscape.com

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · Jan 4

I agree, but I’m hopeful. Journals are notoriously slow when it comes to implementing social media strategies. They don’t allocate resources or personnel unfortunately

strategies.as

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · Dec 27

What's the relationship between #dystonia and #tremor?
Can we solve it on clinical grounds only?
We used to have dystonic tremor and tremor associated with dystonia... is this enough?

Turns out it's ... complicated.

See what we think here: www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · Dec 19

Perfection, sometimes it does exist.

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Alberto Espay @albertoespay.bsky.social · Dec 3

We just successfully wrapped the 12th Advanced Course on Diagnosis and Treatment of Movement Disorders, this time in Bari, Puglia, along with Francesca Morgante, @alfonsofasano.bsky.social, & Davide Martino. Intense and rewarding 4 days of learning together in a beautiful part of the world.

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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · Dec 2

Would you like to see @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social add a share to blue sky button?! I know I would! Share this post to let @richardsever.bsky.social @erictopol.bsky.social and others at bioarxiv know!

A screenshot of a paper on bioarxiv illustrating the lack of blue sky share button!

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · Nov 22

Thank you @blueark.app, the end of (my) X account is getting closer.

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · Nov 22

Our network meta-analysis:
#DBS of the #subthalamus worsens falling in #parkinson's

No positive/negative effect of pallidal stimulation or intestinal #levodopa

Newest subcutaneous levodopa or foslevodopa pumps improve falling, a first in advanced treatments!

jnnp.bmj.com/content/earl...

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · Nov 19

Hard to tell, how about pnes in temporal lobe epilepsy? That too seems more prone than other localizations. It’s clearly a multifaceted poorly understood scenario

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