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  1. U.S. Tax Credits to Promote Practical Proactive Preventative Care for Parkinson’s Disease

    Article • Journal of Parkinson s Disease, March 2024, IOS Press

    MD Michael S Okun

  2. The Functional Role of Thalamocortical Coupling in the Human Motor Network

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, August 2019, Society for Neuroscience

    MD Michael S Okun

  3. Effects of a Cycling Dual Task on Emotional Word Choice in Parkinson's Disease

    Article • Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, June 2019, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

    Lori Altmann, MD Michael S Okun, Sara Horne

  4. Segmentation of the Globus Pallidus Internus Using Probabilistic Diffusion Tractography for Deep Brain Stimulation Targeting in Parkinson Disease

    Article • American Journal of Neuroradiology, April 2018, American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR)

    MD Michael S Okun

  5. The Subthalamic Nucleus, Limbic Function, and Impulse Control

    Article • Neuropsychology Review, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  6. Association between antidepressants and falls in Parkinson’s disease

    Article • Journal of Neurology, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  7. Comparison of Two Methods for Inducing Reflex Cough in Patients With Parkinson’s Disease, With and Without Dysphagia

    Article • Dysphagia, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  8. The treatment of gastroparesis, constipation and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth syndrome in patients with Parkinson’s disease

    Article • Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, September 2015, Informa Healthcare

    MD Michael S Okun

  9. How Should Pushing Off or the Use of Assistive Devices Be Incorporated in the Timed Up and Go for Persons With Parkinson Disease?

    Article • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, September 2015, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  10. Incidence and mortality trends of aspiration pneumonia in Parkinson's disease in the United States, 1979–2010

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, September 2015, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  11. Abnormal tactile pressure perception in Parkinson’s disease

    Article • Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, August 2015, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  12. Novel targets and stimulation paradigms for deep brain stimulation

    Article • Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, August 2015, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  13. Capturing patients’ experiences to change Parkinson’s disease care delivery: a multicenter study

    Article • Journal of Neurology, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  14. High rates of fatigue and sleep disturbances in dystonia

    Article • International Journal of Neuroscience, August 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Jacob Jones, MD Michael S Okun

  15. Temporal Lobe and Frontal-Subcortical Dissociations in Non-Demented Parkinson’s Disease with Verbal Memory Impairment

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2015, PLOS

    MD Michael S Okun

  16. Distinct patterns of brain activity in progressive supranuclear palsy and Parkinson's disease

    Article • Movement Disorders, July 2015, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  17. Rate of aspiration pneumonia in hospitalized Parkinson’s disease patients: a cross-sectional study

    Article • BMC Neurology, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  18. Deep brain stimulation targeting the fornix for mild Alzheimer dementia: design of the ADvance randomized controlled trial

    Article • Open Access Journal of Clinical Trials, July 2015, Dove Medical Press

    Dr Andres Lozano, MD Michael S Okun, gwenn smith

  19. Anxiety and Depression Are Better Correlates of Parkinson’s Disease Quality of Life Than Apathy

    Article • Journal of Neuropsychiatry, July 2015, American Psychiatric Association

    Jacob Jones, MD Michael S Okun

  20. Update on deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease

    Article • Translational Neurodegeneration, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  21. Narrative Discourse Cohesion in Early Stage Parkinson’s Disease

    Article • Journal of Parkinson s Disease, June 2015, IOS Press

    MD Michael S Okun

  22. The Profile of Long-term Parkinson’s Disease Survivors with 20 Years of Disease Duration and Beyond

    Article • Journal of Parkinson s Disease, June 2015, IOS Press

    MD Michael S Okun

  23. Proceedings of the Second Annual Deep Brain Stimulation Think Tank: What's in the Pipeline

    Article • International Journal of Neuroscience, May 2015, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  24. Longitudinal changes in free-water within the substantia nigra of Parkinson’s disease

    Article • Brain, May 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    MD Michael S Okun

  25. Unexpected Dual Task Benefits on Cycling in Parkinson Disease and Healthy Adults: A Neuro-Behavioral Model

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2015, PLOS

    MD Michael S Okun

  26. Weight Loss and Impact on Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Disease

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2015, PLOS

    MD Michael S Okun

  27. Steroid-responsive intracranial germinoma presenting as Holmes’ tremor: Importance of a tissue diagnosis

    Article • Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, May 2015, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  28. Missing Dosages and Neuroleptic Usage May Prolong Length of Stay in Hospitalized Parkinson's Disease Patients

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2015, PLOS

    MD Michael S Okun

  29. Reply: The ‘cognitions’ index of the Parkinson's disease questionnaire-39 relates to sleep disturbances and hallucinations

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, March 2015, Elsevier

    Jacob Jones, MD Michael S Okun

  30. Clinical Evaluation of Eye Movements in Spinocerebellar Ataxias

    Article • Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, March 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  31. Multiple system atrophy is not caused by C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions

    Article • Neurobiology of Aging, February 2015, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  32. Increased free water in the substantia nigra of Parkinson's disease: a single-site and multi-site study

    Article • Neurobiology of Aging, February 2015, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  33. A Polysomnographic Study of Parkinson’s Disease Sleep Architecture

    Article • Parkinson s Disease, January 2015, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Mayela Rodríguez-Violante, Dr Amin Cervantes-Arriaga, MD Michael S Okun

  34. Latent growth-curve analysis reveals that worsening Parkinson’s disease quality of life is driven by depression.

    Article • Neuropsychology, January 2015, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Jacob Jones, MD Michael S Okun

  35. Chasing Tics in the Human Brain: Development of Open, Scheduled and Closed Loop Responsive Approaches to Deep Brain Stimulation for Tourette Syndrome

    Article • Journal of Clinical Neurology, January 2015, Korean Neurological Association (KAMJE)

    MD Michael S Okun

  36. Low-frequency Versus High-frequency Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation on Postural Control and Gait in Parkinson's Disease: A Quantitative Study

    Article • Brain Stimulation, January 2015, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  37. Person-Centered Care in the Home Setting for Parkinson’s Disease: Operation House Call Quality of Care Pilot Study

    Article • Parkinson s Disease, January 2015, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    MD Michael S Okun

  38. Subthalamic nucleus—sensorimotor cortex functional connectivity in de novo and moderate Parkinson's disease

    Article • Neurobiology of Aging, January 2015, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  39. Tourette syndrome deep brain stimulation: A review and updated recommendations

    Article • Movement Disorders, December 2014, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  40. Pedunculopontine Nucleus Stimulation: Where are We Now and What Needs to be Done to Move the Field Forward?

    Article • Frontiers in Neurology, December 2014, Frontiers

    MD Michael S Okun

  41. Acute and Chronic Mood and Apathy Outcomes from a Randomized Study of Unilateral STN and GPi DBS

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2014, PLOS

    MD Michael S Okun

  42. Outcomes, management, and potential mechanisms of interleaving deep brain stimulation settings

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, December 2014, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  43. Distinct functional and macrostructural brain changes in Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy

    Article • Human Brain Mapping, November 2014, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  44. Proof of principle: Transformation approach alters caudate nucleus volume and structure-function associations

    Article • Brain Imaging and Behavior, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  45. The Cognition and Emotional Well-being indices of the Parkinson's disease questionnaire-39: What do they really measure?

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, November 2014, Elsevier

    Jacob Jones, MD Michael S Okun

  46. Comparison of voluntary and reflex cough effectiveness in Parkinson's disease

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, November 2014, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  47. Decreased Cough Sensitivity and Aspiration in Parkinson Disease

    Article • CHEST Journal, November 2014, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  48. Smile without euphoria induced by deep brain stimulation: a case report

    Article • Neurocase, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  49. Atrophy and Other Potential Factors Affecting Long Term Deep Brain Stimulation Response: A Case Series

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2014, PLOS

    MD Michael S Okun

  50. Deep-Brain Stimulation — Entering the Era of Human Neural-Network Modulation

    Article • New England Journal of Medicine, October 2014, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

    MD Michael S Okun

  51. Deep Brain Stimulation for Tourette syndrome: The Current State of the Field

    Article • Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, October 2014, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  52. Defining the Clinically Meaningful Difference in Gait Speed in Persons With Parkinson Disease

    Article • Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy, October 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  53. Five-Months-Postoperative Neuropsychological Outcome From a Pilot Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial of Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation for Tourette Syndrome

    Article • Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface, September 2014, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  54. The Rationale Driving the Evolution of Deep Brain Stimulation to Constant-Current Devices

    Article • Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface, August 2014, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  55. Three families with Perry syndrome from distinct parts of the world

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, August 2014, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  56. Treatment of advanced Parkinsonʼs disease

    Article • Current Opinion in Neurology, August 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  57. Global attentional neglect of segmented lines in Parkinson’s disease

    Article • Neurocase, July 2014, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  58. Sequential Voluntary Cough and Aspiration or Aspiration Risk in Parkinson’s Disease

    Article • Lung, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  59. Concordance and Discriminatory Power of Cough Measurement Devices for Individuals With Parkinson Disease

    Article • CHEST Journal, May 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Teresa Pitts, MD Michael S Okun

  60. Medicare Coverage of Investigational Devices

    Article • JAMA Neurology, May 2014, American Medical Association (AMA)

    MD Michael S Okun

  61. Surgical Treatment of Dyskinesia in Parkinson’s Disease

    Article • Frontiers in Neurology, April 2014, Frontiers

    Dr antonio cerasa, MD Michael S Okun

  62. The “Brittle Response” to Parkinson’s Disease Medications: Characterization and Response to Deep Brain Stimulation

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2014, PLOS

    MD Michael S Okun

  63. Coordinate-Based Lead Location Does Not Predict Parkinson's Disease Deep Brain Stimulation Outcome

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2014, PLOS

    Jacob Jones, MD Michael S Okun

  64. Attentional resource allocation and swallowing safety in Parkinson's disease: A dual task study

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, April 2014, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  65. Consensus-based clinical practice recommendations for the examination and management of falls in patients with Parkinson's disease

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, April 2014, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  66. Timed Up and Go, Cognitive, and Quality-of-Life Correlates in Parkinson's Disease

    Article • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, April 2014, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  67. Barriers to investigator-initiated deep brain stimulation and device research

    Article • Neurology, March 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  68. Swallowing Outcomes Following Unilateral STN vs. GPi Surgery: A Retrospective Analysis

    Article • Dysphagia, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  69. An Eight-Year Clinic Experience with Clozapine Use in a Parkinson’s Disease Clinic Setting

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2014, PLOS

    MD Michael S Okun

  70. Increased Precursor Cell Proliferation after Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease: A Human Study

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2014, PLOS

    MD Michael S Okun

  71. Correlations of apathy and depression with postural instability in Parkinson disease

    Article • Journal of the Neurological Sciences, March 2014, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  72. Mobility, mood and site of care impact health related quality of life in Parkinson's disease

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, March 2014, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  73. Associations Between Cognitive and Gait Performance During Single- and Dual-Task Walking in People With Parkinson Disease

    Article • Physical Therapy, February 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    MD Michael S Okun

  74. Cognitive declines after deep brain stimulation are likely to be attributable to more than caudate penetration and lead location

    Article • Brain, February 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Jacob Jones, MD Michael S Okun

  75. Locomotor adaptation and locomotor adaptive learning in Parkinson’s disease and normal aging

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, February 2014, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  76. Influence of Hypertension on Neurocognitive Domains in Nondemented Parkinson’s Disease Patients

    Article • Parkinson s Disease, January 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Jacob Jones, MD Michael S Okun

  77. Detraining outcomes with expiratory muscle strength training in Parkinson disease

    Article • The Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, January 2014, Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development

    MD Michael S Okun

  78. Impulsive and Compulsive Behaviors in Parkinson Study Group (PSG) Centers Performing Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery

    Article • Journal of Parkinson s Disease, January 2014, IOS Press

    MD Michael S Okun

  79. MRI Reveals Brain Abnormalities in Drug-Naive Parkinson’s Disease

    Article • Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, January 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  80. Surgical Options for Levodopa-Induced Dyskinesia in Parkinson’s Disease

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  81. Translational Imperatives in Deep Brain Stimulation Research: Addressing Neuroethical Issues of Consequences and Continuity of Clinical Care

    Article • AJOB Neuroscience, January 2014, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  82. Rationale and Clinical Pearls for Primary Care Doctors Referring Patients for Deep Brain Stimulation

    Article • Gerontology, January 2014, Karger Publishers

    MD Michael S Okun

  83. Driving Errors in Parkinson's Disease: Moving Closer to Predicting On-Road Outcomes

    Article • American Journal of Occupational Therapy, December 2013, AOTA Press

    MD Michael S Okun

  84. I spy apraxic eyes in spinocerebellar ataxia type 2: A false-negative ataxia panel

    Article • Movement Disorders, December 2013, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  85. Surgical Neuroanatomy and Programming in Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

    Article • Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface, December 2013, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  86. Clozapine as a potential treatment for refractory impulsive, compulsive, and punding behaviors in Parkinson’s disease

    Article • Neurocase, December 2013, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  87. Unilateral thalamic deep brain stimulation in essential tremor demonstrates long-term ipsilateral effects

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, December 2013, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  88. Should impulse control disorders and dopamine dysregulation syndrome be indications for deep brain stimulation and intestinal levodopa?

    Article • Movement Disorders, November 2013, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  89. Deep brain stimulation and ablation for obsessive compulsive disorder: evolution of contemporary indications, targets and techniques

    Article • International Journal of Neuroscience, November 2013, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  90. Surgical Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease: Patients, Targets, Devices, and Approaches

    Article • Neurotherapeutics, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  91. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) at the interface of neurology and psychiatry

    Article • Journal of Clinical Investigation, November 2013, American Society for Clinical Investigation

    MD Michael S Okun

  92. High rates and the risk factors for emergency room visits and hospitalization in Parkinson's disease

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, November 2013, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  93. Selective use of low frequency stimulation in Parkinson's disease based on absence of tremor

    Article • Neurorehabilitation, October 2013, IOS Press

    MD Michael S Okun

  94. Intraoperative smile in a multiple sclerosis patient with medication-refractory tremor

    Article • Neurocase, October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  95. Erratum: A closer look at unilateral versus bilateral deep brain stimulation: results of the National Institutes of Health COMPARE cohort

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, October 2013, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    MD Michael S Okun

  96. Gait variability magnitude but not structure is altered in essential tremor

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, October 2013, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  97. Reliability of Three Benton Judgment of Line Orientation Short Forms in Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease

    Article • The Clinical Neuropsychologist, October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  98. The history of cerebral PET scanning: From physiology to cutting-edge technology

    Article • Neurology, September 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  99. The Evolving Role of Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Movement Disorders

    Article • Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  100. Effect of lead trajectory on the response of essential head tremor to deep brain stimulation

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, September 2013, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  101. Gait initiation impairments in both Essential Tremor and Parkinson's disease

    Article • Gait & Posture, September 2013, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  102. Swallowing and deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease: A systematic review

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, September 2013, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  103. The temporal pattern of stimulation may be important to the mechanism of deep brain stimulation

    Article • Experimental Neurology, September 2013, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  104. Deep Brain Stimulation May Improve Quality of Life in People With Parkinson's Disease Without Affecting Caregiver Burden

    Article • Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface, August 2013, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  105. Update on Treatment of Essential Tremor

    Article • Current Treatment Options in Neurology, July 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  106. Dystonia, facial dysmorphism, intellectual disability and breast cancer associated with a chromosome 13q34 duplication and overexpression of TFDP1: case report

    Article • BMC Medical Genetics, July 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  107. Variability in clinical phenotypes of heterozygous and homozygous cases ofParkin-related Parkinson's disease

    Article • International Journal of Neuroscience, July 2013, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  108. Using the Timed Up & Go Test in a Clinical Setting to Predict Falling in Parkinson's Disease

    Article • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, July 2013, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  109. Cerebral Venous Infarction: A Potentially Avoidable Complication of Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery

    Article • Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface, June 2013, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  110. Hedonic and behavioral deficits associated with apathy in Parkinson's disease: Potential treatment implications

    Article • Movement Disorders, May 2013, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  111. Neurologist Consistency in Interpreting Information Provided by an Interactive Visualization Software for Deep Brain Stimulation Postoperative Programming Assistance

    Article • Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface, May 2013, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  112. Stimulation Region Within the Globus Pallidus Does Not Affect Verbal Fluency Performance

    Article • Brain Stimulation, May 2013, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  113. The late positive potential, emotion and apathy in Parkinson’s disease

    Article • Neuropsychologia, April 2013, Elsevier

    Jacob Jones, MD Michael S Okun

  114. Driving Performance and Behaviors: A Comparison of Gender Differences in Parkinson's Disease

    Article • Traffic Injury Prevention, March 2013, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  115. Management of Deep Brain Stimulator Battery Failure: Battery Estimators, Charge Density, and Importance of Clinical Symptoms

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2013, PLOS

    MD Michael S Okun

  116. The history of cerebral PET scanning: From physiology to cutting-edge technology

    Article • Neurology, March 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  117. Impact of discontinuing tremor suppressing medications following thalamic deep brain stimulation

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, February 2013, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  118. Deep-Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease

    Article • New England Journal of Medicine, January 2013, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

    MD Michael S Okun

  119. Emerging Subspecialties in Neurology: Deep brain stimulation and electrical neuro-network modulation

    Article • Neurology, January 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  120. Advancing research towards novel therapeutic approaches

    Article • Nature Reviews Neurology, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  121. A Trial of Scheduled Deep Brain Stimulation for Tourette Syndrome

    Article • JAMA Neurology, January 2013, American Medical Association (AMA)

    MD Michael S Okun

  122. Differential and Better Response to Deep Brain Stimulation of Chorea Compared to Dystonia in Huntington’s Disease

    Article • Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, January 2013, Karger Publishers

    MD Michael S Okun

  123. Interlimb coordination is impaired during walking in persons with Parkinson's disease

    Article • Clinical Biomechanics, January 2013, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  124. Mechanism of action for deep brain stimulation and electrical neuro-network modulation (ENM)

    Article • Rinsho Shinkeigaku, January 2013, Societas Neurologica Japonica

    MD Michael S Okun

  125. Postural/Gait and Cognitive Function as Predictors of Driving Performance in Parkinson's Disease

    Article • Journal of Parkinson s Disease, January 2013, IOS Press

    MD Michael S Okun

  126. The Current State and Needs of North American Movement Disorders Fellowship Programs

    Article • Parkinson s Disease, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    MD Michael S Okun

  127. The Demise of Poskanzer and Schwab’s Influenza Theory on the Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s Disease

    Article • Parkinson s Disease, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    MD Michael S Okun

  128. Health comorbidities and cognition in 1948 patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, December 2012, Elsevier

    Jacob Jones, MD Michael S Okun

  129. Letter from the Guest Editors

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, December 2012, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  130. Setting realistic expectations for DBS in dystonia

    Article • The Lancet Neurology, December 2012, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  131. What are the issues facing Parkinson's disease patients at ten years of disease and beyond?: Data from the NPF-QII study

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, December 2012, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  132. Population Rate Dynamics and Multineuron Firing Patterns in Sensory Cortex

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, November 2012, Society for Neuroscience

    MD Michael S Okun

  133. Emerging Opportunities for Serotypes of Botulinum Neurotoxins

    Article • Toxins, November 2012, MDPI AG

    MD Michael S Okun

  134. Deep-Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease

    Article • New England Journal of Medicine, October 2012, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

    MD Michael S Okun

  135. Delineation of motor and somatosensory thalamic subregions utilizing probabilistic diffusion tractography and electrophysiology

    Article • Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, October 2012, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  136. Rebound symptoms following battery depletion in the NIH OCD DBS cohort: Clinical and reimbursement issues

    Article • Brain Stimulation, October 2012, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  137. Valproate as a treatment for dopamine dysregulation syndrome (DDS) in Parkinson’s disease

    Article • Journal of Neurology, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  138. Increased Thalamic Gamma Band Activity Correlates with Symptom Relief following Deep Brain Stimulation in Humans with Tourette’s Syndrome

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2012, PLOS

    MD Michael S Okun

  139. Systematic procedure for reduction of kinetic mechanisms of complex chemical processes and its software implementation

    Article • Journal of Mathematical Chemistry, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  140. Quantitative Normative Gait Data in a Large Cohort of Ambulatory Persons with Parkinson’s Disease

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2012, PLOS

    MD Michael S Okun

  141. Components of Depression in Parkinson Disease

    Article • Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, August 2012, SAGE Publications

    MD Michael S Okun

  142. GPi and STN deep brain stimulation can suppress dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, August 2012, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  143. Taking a Better History for Behavioral Issues Pre- and Post-Deep Brain Stimulation: Issues Missed by Standardized Scales

    Article • Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface, July 2012, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  144. Neurogenic potential of progenitor cells isolated from postmortem human Parkinsonian brains

    Article • Brain Research, June 2012, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  145. An Algorithm for Management of Deep Brain Stimulation Battery Replacements: Devising a Web-Based Battery Estimator and Clinical Symptom Approach

    Article • Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface, May 2012, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  146. Bone Mineral Density (BMD) in Male Patients with Parkinson's Disease

    Article • International Journal of Neuroscience, May 2012, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  147. Improvement of Both Dystonia and Tics With 60 Hz Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation

    Article • International Journal of Neuroscience, May 2012, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  148. Personalized medicine in deep brain stimulation through utilization of neural oscillations

    Article • Neurology, May 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  149. Amantadine: The journey from fighting flu to treating Parkinson disease

    Article • Neurology, April 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  150. Selection of Deep Brain Stimulation Candidates in Private Neurology Practices: Referral May Be Simpler than a Computerized Triage System

    Article • Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface, February 2012, Wiley

    Jacob Jones, MD Michael S Okun

  151. Overview of Surgical Treatment Possibilities in Hyperkinetic Disorders

    Article • February 2012, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  152. Worsening essential tremor following deep brain stimulation: disease progression versus tolerance

    Article • Brain, February 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    MD Michael S Okun

  153. Variant ataxia-telangiectasia presenting as primary-appearing dystonia in Canadian Mennonites

    Article • Neurology, February 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    A Jon Stoessl, MD Michael S Okun

  154. Postmortem observation of collagenous lead tip region fibrosis as a rare complication of DBS

    Article • Movement Disorders, February 2012, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  155. Subthalamic deep brain stimulation with a constant-current device in Parkinson's disease: an open-label randomised controlled trial

    Article • The Lancet Neurology, February 2012, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  156. Effects of STN and GPi Deep Brain Stimulation on Impulse Control Disorders and Dopamine Dysregulation Syndrome

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2012, PLOS

    MD Michael S Okun

  157. Unravelling the actions of deep brain stimulation: potential role for astrocytes

    Article • Molecular Psychiatry, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  158. Carbidopa/levodopa dose elevation and safety concerns in Parkinson's patients: a cross-sectional and cohort design

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2012, BMJ

    MD Michael S Okun

  159. DBS and Electrical Neuro-Network Modulation to Treat Neurological Disorders

    Article • January 2012, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  160. Deep brain stimulation response in pathologically confirmed cases of multiple system atrophy

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, January 2012, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  161. Dimensions of Apathy in Parkinson's Disease: Exploratory Factor Analysis of the Apathy Scale

    Article • Journal of Parkinson s Disease, January 2012, IOS Press

    MD Michael S Okun

  162. Micrographia and related deficits in Parkinson's disease: a cross-sectional study

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2012, BMJ

    MD Michael S Okun

  163. Mood and motor trajectories in Parkinson's disease: Multivariate latent growth curve modeling.

    Article • Neuropsychology, January 2012, American Psychological Association (APA)

    MD Michael S Okun

  164. The Prevalence of Fatigue Following Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery in Parkinson's Disease and Association with Quality of Life

    Article • Parkinson s Disease, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    MD Michael S Okun

  165. The Transition of Deep Brain Stimulation from Disease Specific to Symptom Specific Indications

    Article • Rinsho Shinkeigaku, January 2012, Societas Neurologica Japonica

    MD Michael S Okun

  166. Parkinson's disease patients cannot get their dopamine replacement: The 8-sinemet limit

    Article • Movement Disorders, December 2011, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  167. Addiction-Like Manifestations and Parkinson's Disease: A Large Single Center 9-Year Experience

    Article • International Journal of Neuroscience, December 2011, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  168. Pedunculopontine Nucleus Stimulation Improves Gait Freezing in Parkinson Disease

    Article • Neurosurgery, December 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Ned Jenkinson, MD Michael S Okun

  169. Unilateral deep brain stimulation surgery in Parkinson’s disease improves ipsilateral symptoms regardless of laterality

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, December 2011, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  170. Stem cell pathologies and neurological disease

    Article • Modern Pathology, November 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  171. Evidence-based guideline update: Treatment of essential tremor: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology

    Article • Neurology, October 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  172. Emotion and ocular responses in Parkinson's disease

    Article • Neuropsychologia, October 2011, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  173. Apathy and Depression: Separate Factors in Parkinson's Disease

    Article • Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, September 2011, Cambridge University Press

    MD Michael S Okun

  174. DBS Candidates That Fall Short on a Levodopa Challenge Test

    Article • The Neurologist, September 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  175. Unilateral GPi-DBS as a Treatment for Levodopa-Induced Respiratory Dyskinesia in Parkinson Disease

    Article • The Neurologist, September 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  176. Usefulness of Screening Tools for Predicting Driving Performance in People With Parkinson's Disease

    Article • American Journal of Occupational Therapy, September 2011, AOTA Press

    MD Michael S Okun

  177. Sustained Dyskinesias Following Elective Cessation and Reactivation of Chronic Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation for a Surgical Procedure

    Article • Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface, August 2011, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  178. Delayed clinical improvement after deep brain stimulation–related subdural hematoma

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, August 2011, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    MD Michael S Okun

  179. It is time to remove the ‘benign’ from the essential tremor label

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, August 2011, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  180. Hospitalization in Parkinson disease: A survey of National Parkinson Foundation Centers

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, July 2011, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  181. Rescue leads: A salvage technique for selected patients with a suboptimal response to standard DBS therapy

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, July 2011, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  182. Alternate but Do Not Swim: A Test for Executive Motor Dysfunction in Parkinson Disease

    Article • Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, June 2011, Cambridge University Press

    MD Michael S Okun

  183. Generic versus branded pharmacotherapy in Parkinson’s disease: Does it matter? A review

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, June 2011, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  184. Lateral ventricle volume is poor predictor of post unilateral DBS motor change for Parkinson’s disease

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, June 2011, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  185. Deep brain stimulation and the role of astrocytes

    Article • Molecular Psychiatry, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  186. Comments on Selected Recent Dysphagia Literature

    Article • Dysphagia, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  187. Did General Douglas MacArthur have Parkinson disease?: A video and archival analysis

    Article • Neurology, May 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  188. Mixed results for GPi-DBS in the treatment of cranio-facial and cranio-cervical dystonia symptoms

    Article • Journal of Neurology, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  189. Lessons learned from a large single center cohort of patients referred for DBS management

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, May 2011, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  190. Weight Changes in Subthalamic Nucleus vs Globus Pallidus Internus Deep Brain Stimulation: Results From the COMPARE Parkinson Disease Deep Brain Stimulation Cohort

    Article • Neurosurgery, May 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    MD Michael S Okun

  191. Nonmotor manifestations of dystonia: A systematic review

    Article • Movement Disorders, April 2011, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  192. The Case for Testing Memory With Both Stories and Word Lists Prior to DBS Surgery for Parkinson's Disease

    Article • The Clinical Neuropsychologist, April 2011, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  193. Accuracy of Postoperative Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Image Fusion for Assessing Deep Brain Stimulation Electrodes

    Article • Neurosurgery, March 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    MD Michael S Okun

  194. Steady or not following thalamic deep brain stimulation for essential tremor

    Article • Journal of Neurology, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  195. Do Stable Patients With a Premorbid Depression History Have a Worse Outcome After Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson Disease?

    Article • Neurosurgery, March 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    MD Michael S Okun

  196. Improving quality of care in Parkinson disease

    Article • Nature Reviews Neurology, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  197. Management of the hospitalized patient with Parkinson’s disease: Current state of the field and need for guidelines

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, March 2011, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  198. The trajectory of apathy after deep brain stimulation: From pre-surgery to 6 months post-surgery in Parkinson’s disease

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, March 2011, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  199. Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson Disease

    Article • Archives of Neurology, February 2011, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Professor Jens Volkmann, MD Michael S Okun

  200. Dr. Henry Head and lessons learned from his self-experiment on radial nerve transection

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, February 2011, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    MD Michael S Okun

  201. Binge Eating in Parkinson's Disease: Prevalence, Correlates and the Contribution of Deep Brain Stimulation

    Article • Journal of Neuropsychiatry, February 2011, American Psychiatric Association

    MD Michael S Okun

  202. Measurement of patient-centered outcomes in Parkinson’s disease: What do patients really want from their treatment?

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, February 2011, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  203. The distal partial trisomy 1q syndrome and dystonic tremor

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, February 2011, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  204. A pilot study of human brain tissue post-magnetic resonance imaging: Information from the National Deep Brain Stimulation Brain Tissue Network (DBS-BTN)

    Article • NeuroImage, January 2011, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  205. Antiphospholipid syndrome and other lupus-related movement disorders

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  206. Clock Drawing in the Montreal Cognitive Assessment: Recommendations for Dementia Assessment

    Article • Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, January 2011, Karger Publishers

    MD Michael S Okun

  207. Do patient's get angrier following STN, GPi, and thalamic deep brain stimulation

    Article • NeuroImage, January 2011, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  208. Effect of Deep Brain Stimulation on Parkinson's Nonmotor Symptoms following Unilateral DBS: A Pilot Study

    Article • Parkinson s Disease, January 2011, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    MD Michael S Okun

  209. Nanoplatforms for constructing new approaches to cancer treatment, imaging, and drug delivery: What should be the policy?

    Article • NeuroImage, January 2011, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  210. Patient-specific analysis of the relationship between the volume of tissue activated during DBS and verbal fluency

    Article • NeuroImage, January 2011, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  211. Pre- and Post- GPi DBS Neuropsychological Profiles in a Case of X-Linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism

    Article • The Clinical Neuropsychologist, January 2011, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  212. Smile and laughter induction and intraoperative predictors of response to deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Article • NeuroImage, January 2011, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  213. The Frequency of Nonmotor Symptoms among Advanced Parkinson Patients May Depend on Instrument Used for Assessment

    Article • Parkinson s Disease, January 2011, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    MD Michael S Okun

  214. Using Voluntary Cough To Detect Penetration and Aspiration During Oropharyngeal Swallowing in Patients With Parkinson Disease

    Article • CHEST Journal, December 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Teresa Pitts, MD Michael S Okun

  215. Editorial

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, December 2010, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Kim Burchiel, MD Michael S Okun

  216. A closer look at unilateral versus bilateral deep brain stimulation: results of the National Institutes of Health COMPARE cohort

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, December 2010, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    MD Michael S Okun

  217. Parkinson’s disease DBS: what, when, who and why? The time has come to tailor DBS targets

    Article • Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, December 2010, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  218. Aspiration and swallowing in Parkinson disease and rehabilitation with EMST: A randomized trial

    Article • Neurology, November 2010, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  219. Parkinsonism and neurological manifestations of influenza throughout the 20th and 21st centuries

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, November 2010, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  220. Tests of dorsolateral frontal function correlate with objective tests of postural stability in early to moderate stage Parkinson’s disease

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, November 2010, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  221. Piloting the NPF data-driven quality improvement initiative

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, September 2010, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  222. Relationship between higher rates of adverse events in deep brain stimulation using standardized prospective recording and patient outcomes

    Article • Neurosurgical FOCUS, August 2010, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    MD Michael S Okun

  223. Disrupting abnormal electrical activity with deep brain stimulation: is epilepsy the next frontier?

    Article • Neurosurgical FOCUS, August 2010, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Dr Gregory J.A. Murad, MD Michael S Okun

  224. The impact of and the factors associated with drooling in Parkinson's disease

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, August 2010, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  225. Can exercise improve language and cognition in Parkinson's disease? A case report

    Article • Neurocase, July 2010, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  226. Lack of benefit of accumbens/capsular deep brain stimulation in a patient with both tics and obsessive–compulsive disorder

    Article • Neurocase, July 2010, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  227. Respiratory-Swallowing Coordination and Swallowing Safety in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

    Article • Dysphagia, July 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  228. The national DBS brain tissue network pilot study: need for more tissue and more standardization

    Article • Cell and Tissue Banking, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  229. Speech motor program maintenance, but not switching, is enhanced by left-hemispheric deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease

    Article • International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, June 2010, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  230. Factors related to extended hospital stays following deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, June 2010, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  231. Update on deep brain stimulation for neuropsychiatric disorders

    Article • Neurobiology of Disease, June 2010, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  232. Elementary, my dear Dr. Allen: The case of barium toxicity and Pa Ping

    Article • Neurology, May 2010, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  233. Prevalence and characteristics of punding and repetitive behaviors among Parkinson patients in North-Central Florida

    Article • International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, May 2010, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  234. Reply: Based on the available randomized trial patients should say no to glutathione for Parkinson's disease

    Article • Movement Disorders, April 2010, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  235. Pseudobulbar affect: prevalence and quality of life impact in movement disorders

    Article • Journal of Neurology, April 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  236. Is Rhinorrhea an Under-Recognized Intrinsic Symptom of Parkinson Disease? A Prospective Pilot Study

    Article • International Journal of Neuroscience, April 2010, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  237. Knee Extensor Strength, Dynamic Stability, and Functional Ambulation: Are They Related in Parkinson's Disease?

    Article • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, April 2010, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  238. Parkinson's disease in women: A call for improved clinical studies and for comparative effectiveness research

    Article • Maturitas, April 2010, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  239. Brain penetration effects of microelectrodes and deep brain stimulation leads in ventral intermediate nucleus stimulation for essential tremor

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, March 2010, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    MD Michael S Okun

  240. Clonazepam and Botulinum Toxin for the Treatment of Alien Limb Phenomenon

    Article • The Neurologist, March 2010, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  241. Deep Brain Stimulation for Intractable Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Pilot Study Using a Blinded, Staggered-Onset Design

    Article • Biological Psychiatry, March 2010, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  242. Identification and management of deep brain stimulation intra- and postoperative urgencies and emergencies

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, March 2010, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  243. The effect of deep brain stimulation surgery on repetitive behavior in Parkinson patients: A case series1

    Article • Neurocase, February 2010, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  244. Cognitive Declines After Unilateral Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery in Parkinson's Disease: A Controlled Study Using Reliable Change, Part II

    Article • The Clinical Neuropsychologist, February 2010, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  245. Converting the UPDRS part III to the Hoehn and Yahr staging may not be adequate for a research database

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, February 2010, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  246. DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION IN MOVEMENT DISORDERS

    Article • CONTINUUM Lifelong Learning in Neurology, February 2010, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  247. Mood and motor effects of thalamic deep brain stimulation surgery for essential tremor

    Article • European Journal of Neurology, January 2010, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  248. A Case of Mania following Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

    Article • Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, January 2010, Karger Publishers

    MD Michael S Okun

  249. Differential Response of Dystonia and Parkinsonism following Globus Pallidus Internus Deep Brain Stimulation in X-Linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism (Lubag)

    Article • Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, January 2010, Karger Publishers

    MD Michael S Okun

  250. INPH and Parkinson disease: differentiation by levodopa response

    Article • Nature Reviews Neurology, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  251. Prevalence of Twiddler’s Syndrome as a Cause of Deep Brain Stimulation Hardware Failure

    Article • Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, January 2010, Karger Publishers

    MD Michael S Okun

  252. Should We Consider Vim Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation for Select Cases of Severe Refractory Dystonic Tremor

    Article • Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, January 2010, Karger Publishers

    MD Michael S Okun

  253. The Relationship Between Anosmia, Constipation, and Orthostasis and Parkinson's Disease Duration: Results of a Pilot Study

    Article • International Journal of Neuroscience, January 2010, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  254. Time for comprehensive care networks for Parkinson's disease

    Article • The Lancet Neurology, January 2010, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  255. Side onset influences motor impairments in Parkinson disease

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, December 2009, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  256. Genome-wide association study reveals genetic risk underlying Parkinson's disease

    Article • Nature Genetics, November 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  257. Erratum to: The number and nature of emergency department encounters in patients with deep brain stimulators

    Article • Journal of Neurology, November 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  258. QUETIAPINE IMPROVES VISUAL HALLUCINATIONS IN PARKINSON DISEASE BUT NOT THROUGH NORMALIZATION OF SLEEP ARCHITECTURE: RESULTS FROM A DOUBLE-BLIND CLINICAL-POLYSOMNOGRAPHY STUDY

    Article • International Journal of Neuroscience, October 2009, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  259. The number and nature of emergency department encounters in patients with deep brain stimulators

    Article • Journal of Neurology, October 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  260. Gene Therapy for Neurological Disorders: Challenges and Future Prospects for the Use of Growth Factors for the Treatment of Parkinsons Disease

    Article • Current Gene Therapy, October 2009, Bentham Science Publishers

    MD Michael S Okun

  261. Randomized gossip algorithms for maintaining a distributed bulletin board with guaranteed age properties

    Article • Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience, October 2009, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  262. Is the N-Back Task a Valid Neuropsychological Measure for Assessing Working Memory?

    Article • Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, September 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    MD Michael S Okun

  263. A high resolution and high contrast MRI for differentiation of subcortical structures for DBS targeting: The Fast Gray Matter Acquisition T1 Inversion Recovery (FGATIR)

    Article • NeuroImage, August 2009, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  264. Safety of MRI in patients with implanted deep brain stimulation devices

    Article • NeuroImage, August 2009, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  265. Surgical Treatment of Movement Disorders

    Article • Neurologic Clinics, August 2009, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  266. An evaluation of rating scales utilized for deep brain stimulation for dystonia

    Article • Journal of Neurology, July 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  267. The relationship between quality of life and swallowing in Parkinson's disease

    Article • Movement Disorders, July 2009, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  268. Effects of dopaminergic medication on objective tasks of deftness, bradykinesia and force control

    Article • Journal of Neurology, July 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  269. Awareness of Expressivity Deficits in Non-Demented Parkinson Disease

    Article • The Clinical Neuropsychologist, July 2009, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  270. Startle reflex hyporeactivity in Parkinson's disease: An emotion-specific or arousal-modulated deficit?

    Article • Neuropsychologia, July 2009, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  271. Enough Is Enough

    Article • Archives of Neurology, June 2009, American Medical Association (AMA)

    MD Michael S Okun

  272. Turning off artistic ability: The influence of left DBS in art production

    Article • Journal of the Neurological Sciences, June 2009, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  273. De novo and rescue DBS leads for refractory Tourette syndrome patients with severe comorbid OCD: a multiple case report

    Article • Journal of Neurology, May 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  274. Depressive Symptoms in Parkinson Disease Correlate With Impaired Global and Specific Cognitive Performance

    Article • Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, May 2009, SAGE Publications

    MD Michael S Okun

  275. SNCAvariants are associated with increased risk for multiple system atrophy

    Article • Annals of Neurology, May 2009, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  276. Impact of Expiratory Muscle Strength Training on Voluntary Cough and Swallow Function in Parkinson Disease

    Article • CHEST Journal, May 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Teresa Pitts, MD Michael S Okun

  277. Cognition and mood in Parkinson's disease in subthalamic nucleus versus globus pallidus interna deep brain stimulation: The COMPARE Trial

    Article • Annals of Neurology, May 2009, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  278. Does laterality of motor impairment tell us something about cognition in Parkinson disease?

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, May 2009, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  279. Examination of the Lille Apathy Rating Scale in Parkinson disease

    Article • Movement Disorders, April 2009, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  280. Greater improvement in quality of life following unilateral deep brain stimulation surgery in the globus pallidus as compared to the subthalamic nucleus

    Article • Journal of Neurology, April 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  281. Cognitive declines one year after unilateral deep brain stimulation surgery in parkinson's disease: A controlled study using reliable change

    Article • The Clinical Neuropsychologist, April 2009, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  282. NEUROENDOCRINOLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS IN PARKINSON DISEASE AND OTHER MOVEMENT DISORDERS

    Article • CONTINUUM Lifelong Learning in Neurology, April 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  283. Perceptual characteristics of Parkinsonian speech: A comparison of the pharmacological effects of levodopa across speech and non-speech motor systems

    Article • Neurorehabilitation, March 2009, IOS Press

    MD Michael S Okun

  284. Mood and energy determinants of quality of life in dystonia

    Article • Journal of Neurology, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  285. Subjective perception of cognition is related to mood and not performance

    Article • Epilepsy & Behavior, March 2009, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  286. Brain penetration effects of microelectrodes and DBS leads in STN or GPi

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, February 2009, BMJ

    MD Michael S Okun

  287. A punder in Catch-22

    Article • Neurology, February 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  288. Tardive parkinsonism in a bipolar patient: Post-mortem examination supports a physiological rather than pathological dysfunction

    Article • Neurocase, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  289. Artistic creativity and DBS: A case report

    Article • Journal of the Neurological Sciences, January 2009, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  290. Deep Brain Stimulation for Tremor

    Article • January 2009, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  291. Failed DBS for palliation of visual problems in a case of oculopalatal tremor

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, January 2009, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  292. Inappropriate crying and laughing in Parkinson disease and movement disorders

    Article • The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  293. Neuropsychological Profile of a Filipino Gentleman with X-Linked Dystonia–Parkinsonism: A Case Report of Lubag Disease

    Article • The Clinical Neuropsychologist, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  294. Tracing the Origin of L-2-Hydroxyglutaric Aciduria in a Family

    Article • International Journal of Neuroscience, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  295. Deep brain stimulation of the ventral intermediate nucleus of the thalamus in medically refractory orthostatic tremor: Preliminary observations

    Article • Movement Disorders, December 2008, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  296. ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON'S SCIATIC DUELING INJURY DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO HIS DEATH AT THE BATTLE OF SHILOH

    Article • Neurosurgery, December 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    MD Michael S Okun

  297. Venous Air Embolism in Deep Brain Stimulation

    Article • Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, November 2008, Karger Publishers

    MD Michael S Okun

  298. REOPERATION FOR SUBOPTIMAL OUTCOMES AFTER DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION SURGERY

    Article • Neurosurgery, October 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    MD Michael S Okun

  299. The persistent effects of unilateral pallidal and subthalamic deep brain stimulation on force control in advanced Parkinson's patients

    Article • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, August 2008, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  300. Deep brain stimulation of the ventral internal capsule/ventral striatum for obsessive-compulsive disorder: worldwide experience

    Article • Molecular Psychiatry, May 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  301. Avoiding deep brain stimulation failures in Tourette syndrome

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, February 2008, BMJ

    MD Michael S Okun

  302. Renaming in synchronous message passing systems with Byzantine failures

    Article • Distributed Computing, October 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  303. Role of deep brain stimulation targeted to the pedunculopontine nucleus in Parkinson’s disease

    Article • Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, June 2007, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  304. Punding as a Complication of Brain Stem Stroke?

    Article • Stroke, April 2007, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  305. The ???Chair Test??? to Aid in the Diagnosis of Psychogenic Gait Disorders

    Article • The Neurologist, March 2007, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  306. Stochastic Emergence of Repeating Cortical Motifs in Spontaneous Membrane Potential Fluctuations In Vivo

    Article • Neuron, February 2007, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  307. Deep Brain Stimulation and the Role of the Neuropsychologist

    Article • The Clinical Neuropsychologist, January 2007, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  308. Comprehensive Screening of a North American Parkinson’s Disease Cohort for LRRK2 Mutation

    Article • Neurodegenerative Diseases, January 2007, Karger Publishers

    MD Michael S Okun

  309. Depression symptoms in movement disorders: Comparing Parkinson's disease, dystonia, and essential tremor

    Article • Movement Disorders, January 2007, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  310. Limb-kinetic apraxia in Parkinson disease

    Article • Neurology, December 2006, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  311. LRRK2 mutations in a clinic-based cohort of Parkinson's disease

    Article • European Journal of Neurology, December 2006, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  312. Genome-wide genotyping in Parkinson's disease and neurologically normal controls: first stage analysis and public release of data

    Article • The Lancet Neurology, November 2006, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  313. Faces of emotion in Parkinsons disease: Micro-expressivity and bradykinesia during voluntary facial expressions

    Article • Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, October 2006, Cambridge University Press

    MD Michael S Okun

  314. Deep brain stimulation in the internal capsule and nucleus accumbens region: responses observed during active and sham programming

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, October 2006, BMJ

    MD Michael S Okun

  315. Deep Brain Stimulation of the Internal Segment of the Globus Pallidus in Delayed Runaway Dyskinesia

    Article • Archives of Neurology, August 2006, American Medical Association (AMA)

    MD Michael S Okun

  316. Three-Year Outcomes in Deep Brain Stimulation for Highly Resistant Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder

    Article • Neuropsychopharmacology, July 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  317. Long-term Habituation of the Smile Response with Deep Brain Stimulation

    Article • Neurocase, July 2006, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  318. Startling facts about emotion in Parkinson's disease: blunted reactivity to aversive stimuli

    Article • Brain, June 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    MD Michael S Okun

  319. The human prion gene M129V polymorphism is not associated with idiopathic Parkinson's disease in three distinct populations

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, March 2006, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  320. Paraneoplastic chorea with leukoencephalopathy presenting with obsessive-compulsive and behavioral disorder

    Article • Movement Disorders, November 2005, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  321. Multiplicative multifractal modeling and discrimination of human neuronal activity

    Article • Physics Letters A, September 2005, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  322. Management of Referred Deep Brain Stimulation Failures

    Article • Archives of Neurology, August 2005, American Medical Association (AMA)

    MD Michael S Okun

  323. Panic and fear induced by deep brain stimulation

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, July 2005, BMJ

    MD Michael S Okun

  324. Subthalamic Nucleus vs Globus Pallidus Interna Deep Brain Stimulation, the Rematch

    Article • Archives of Neurology, April 2005, American Medical Association (AMA)

    MD Michael S Okun

  325. Ventralis Intermedius plus Ventralis Oralis Anterior and Posterior Deep Brain Stimulation for Posttraumatic Holmes Tremor: Two Leads May Be Better than One: Technical Note

    Article • Operative Neurosurgery, April 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    MD Michael S Okun

  326. Staged Deep Brain Stimulation for Refractory Craniofacial Dystonia with Blepharospasm: Case Report and Physiology

    Article • Neurosurgery, February 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    MD Michael S Okun

  327. Agreement Among Unacquainted Byzantine Generals

    Article • January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    MD Michael S Okun

  328. Deep brain stimulation of the GPi treats restless legs syndrome associated with dystonia

    Article • Movement Disorders, January 2005, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  329. Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus in a Patient With Parkinson Disease and Essential Tremor

    Article • Archives of Neurology, January 2005, American Medical Association (AMA)

    MD Michael S Okun

  330. The neurochemical mechanism of rebound psychosis in Parkinson's disease

    Article • Movement Disorders, January 2005, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  331. Analysis of the PINK1 Gene in a Large Cohort of Cases With Parkinson Disease

    Article • Archives of Neurology, December 2004, American Medical Association (AMA)

    MD Michael S Okun

  332. Alien limb syndrome and moya-moya disease

    Article • Movement Disorders, November 2004, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  333. A Mnemonic for Parkinson Disease Patients Considering DBS: A Tool to Improve Perceived Outcome of Surgery

    Article • The Neurologist, September 2004, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  334. Dystonia, tremor, and parkinsonism in a 54 year old man with 2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, September 2004, BMJ

    MD Michael S Okun

  335. Psychosis in Parkinson’s Disease

    Article • Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, August 2004, SAGE Publications

    MD Michael S Okun

  336. Rebound psychosis: Effect of discontinuation of antipsychotics in Parkinson's disease

    Article • Movement Disorders, August 2004, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  337. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Posterior Columns in Vitamin B12 Deficiency

    Article • Archives of Neurology, August 2004, American Medical Association (AMA)

    MD Michael S Okun

  338. What's in a “Smile?” Intra-operative Observations of Contralateral Smiles Induced by Deep Brain Stimulation

    Article • Neurocase, August 2004, Taylor & Francis

    MD Michael S Okun

  339. Pseudobulbar crying induced by stimulation in the region of the subthalamic nucleus

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, June 2004, BMJ

    MD Michael S Okun

  340. Atomic Writes for data integrity and consistency in shared storage devices for clusters

    Article • Future Generation Computer Systems, May 2004, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  341. Babinski's Clinical Differentiation of Organic Paralysis From Hysterical Paralysis

    Article • Archives of Neurology, May 2004, American Medical Association (AMA)

    MD Michael S Okun

  342. SANDO: another presentation of mitochondrial disease

    Article • American Journal of Ophthalmology, May 2004, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  343. Aphasia and Thalamotomy: Important Issues

    Article • Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, January 2004, Karger Publishers

    MD Michael S Okun

  344. Lesion therapy for Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders: Update and controversies

    Article • Movement Disorders, January 2004, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  345. A new approach for approximating node deletion problems

    Article • Information Processing Letters, December 2003, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  346. Mood changes with deep brain stimulation of STN and GPi: results of a pilot study

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, November 2003, BMJ

    MD Michael S Okun

  347. Radiosurgery Can Achieve Precision Needed for Functional Neurosurgery

    Article • Archives of Neurology, October 2003, American Medical Association (AMA)

    MD Michael S Okun

  348. Huntington???s Disease: What We Learned From the Original Essay

    Article • The Neurologist, July 2003, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MD Michael S Okun

  349. Transient manic behavior after pallidotomy

    Article • Brain and Cognition, July 2003, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  350. Beneficial Effects of Testosterone Replacement for the Nonmotor Symptoms of Parkinson Disease

    Article • Archives of Neurology, November 2002, American Medical Association (AMA)

    MD Michael S Okun

  351. Gamma Knife Thalamotomy for Disabling Tremor

    Article • Archives of Neurology, October 2002, American Medical Association (AMA)

    MD Michael S Okun

  352. Immobilization dystonia

    Article • Journal of the Neurological Sciences, September 2002, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  353. Not Our Knife: Gamma Knife Surgery for Parkinson Disease

    Article • Archives of Neurology, August 2002, American Medical Association (AMA)

    MD Michael S Okun

  354. Treatment of pseudobulbar laughter after gamma knife thalamotomy

    Article • Movement Disorders, May 2002, Wiley

    MD Michael S Okun

  355. Origins of the Sensory Examination in Neurology

    Article • Seminars in Neurology, January 2002, Thieme Publishing Group

    MD Michael S Okun

  356. Antiphospholipid- associated recurrent chorea and ballism in a child with cerebral palsy

    Article • Pediatric Neurology, July 2000, Elsevier

    MD Michael S Okun

  357. Linear Predictive Analysis for Targeting the Basal Ganglia in Deep Brain Stimulation Surgeries

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    MD Michael S Okun