Alfonso Fasano
@alfonsofasano.bsky.social
Professor of Neurology, University of Toronto, Mov Disord Centre, Toronto Western Hospital, Krembil Brain Institute
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Very few seats available for the Canadian Hot Topics in #movementdisorders, endorsed by the Movement Disorders Society and in collaboration with @uoftmedicine.bsky.social.
The 2-day meeting will be held in person in Toronto on Nov 7 and 8.
DM if interested.
@kbi-uhn.bsky.social @uhn.ca
The 2-day meeting will be held in person in Toronto on Nov 7 and 8.
DM if interested.
@kbi-uhn.bsky.social @uhn.ca
November 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Very few seats available for the Canadian Hot Topics in #movementdisorders, endorsed by the Movement Disorders Society and in collaboration with @uoftmedicine.bsky.social.
The 2-day meeting will be held in person in Toronto on Nov 7 and 8.
DM if interested.
@kbi-uhn.bsky.social @uhn.ca
The 2-day meeting will be held in person in Toronto on Nov 7 and 8.
DM if interested.
@kbi-uhn.bsky.social @uhn.ca
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
This year we're in charming Milan, hosted by the conference centre of Humanitas University.
More info here: www.mdscourse.com
July 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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
This year we're in charming Milan, hosted by the conference centre of Humanitas University.
More info here: www.mdscourse.com
Reposted by Alfonso Fasano
Wonderful lecture on the role of #DBS for #Freezing of #Gait by @alfonsofasano.bsky.social at the #ICFOG2025 meeting in #Atlanta
@icfog.bsky.social
@icfog.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Wonderful lecture on the role of #DBS for #Freezing of #Gait by @alfonsofasano.bsky.social at the #ICFOG2025 meeting in #Atlanta
@icfog.bsky.social
@icfog.bsky.social
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📺✨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
💙🎸 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
May 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
📺✨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
💙🎸 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
Reposted by Alfonso Fasano
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
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
May 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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
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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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.
Read more ⬇️
A Canadian trial led by Dr. @alfonsofasano.bsky.social at UHN's @kbi-uhn.bsky.social shows promising early results in managing #Parkinsons symptoms.
Read more ⬇️
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
Learn more through the eyes of patient Fabio Dywer and #TeamUHN neurologist Dr. @alfonsofasano.bsky.social Fasano:
bit.ly/3F4bTCB
May 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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.
Read more ⬇️
A Canadian trial led by Dr. @alfonsofasano.bsky.social at UHN's @kbi-uhn.bsky.social shows promising early results in managing #Parkinsons symptoms.
Read more ⬇️
Reposted by Alfonso Fasano
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
Learn more through the eyes of patient Fabio Dywer and #TeamUHN neurologist Dr. @alfonsofasano.bsky.social Fasano:
bit.ly/3F4bTCB
May 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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
Learn more through the eyes of patient Fabio Dywer and #TeamUHN neurologist Dr. @alfonsofasano.bsky.social Fasano:
bit.ly/3F4bTCB
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📖✨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
🔗: linktr.ee/krembil
#Parkinsons #Dopamine #SteamCells #NoResearchNoCure #ResearchMatters #MovementDisorder
April 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
📖✨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
🔗: linktr.ee/krembil
#Parkinsons #Dopamine #SteamCells #NoResearchNoCure #ResearchMatters #MovementDisorder
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🚨 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...
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...
April 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🚨 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...
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...
Reposted by Alfonso Fasano
🩶 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
🔗: instagram.com/krembilresearch
April 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🩶 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
🔗: instagram.com/krembilresearch
The first update on #mds by @mayoclinic.org and @uhntoronto.bsky.social just kicked off with Dr Lang’s lecture on ‘what’s #parkinson’
April 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The first update on #mds by @mayoclinic.org and @uhntoronto.bsky.social just kicked off with Dr Lang’s lecture on ‘what’s #parkinson’
Reposted by Alfonso Fasano
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
Connect with top experts, share breakthroughs, and shape the future of care. Don’t miss out, register now!
🔗Learn more icfog.org
April 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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
Connect with top experts, share breakthroughs, and shape the future of care. Don’t miss out, register now!
🔗Learn more icfog.org
Reposted by Alfonso Fasano
📅 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
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
April 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📅 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
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
Reposted by Alfonso Fasano
🎉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."
🎉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
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
February 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
🎉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."
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/...
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
January 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
December 27, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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/...
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/...
Reposted by Alfonso Fasano
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.
December 3, 2024 at 10:36 PM
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.
Reposted by Alfonso Fasano
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!
December 2, 2024 at 12:10 PM
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!
Thank you @blueark.app, the end of (my) X account is getting closer.
November 22, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Thank you @blueark.app, the end of (my) X account is getting closer.
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...
#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...
November 22, 2024 at 7:15 AM
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...
#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...
Reposted by Alfonso Fasano
Fun to explore a bibliometric analysis of the DBS field – excited to have *just* made the "top 25 papers" list – looks like our 2017 article w/ @foxmdphd.bsky.social spun out a small subfield of connectomic DBS (bottom)?
Obviously Little et al. 2013 is 👑 :)
www.frontiersin.org/journals/agi...
Obviously Little et al. 2013 is 👑 :)
www.frontiersin.org/journals/agi...
November 17, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Fun to explore a bibliometric analysis of the DBS field – excited to have *just* made the "top 25 papers" list – looks like our 2017 article w/ @foxmdphd.bsky.social spun out a small subfield of connectomic DBS (bottom)?
Obviously Little et al. 2013 is 👑 :)
www.frontiersin.org/journals/agi...
Obviously Little et al. 2013 is 👑 :)
www.frontiersin.org/journals/agi...
It's happening:
No more twitter/X handle.
I hope #journals will adapt soon.
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I hope #journals will adapt soon.
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November 17, 2024 at 12:29 PM
It's happening:
No more twitter/X handle.
I hope #journals will adapt soon.
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I hope #journals will adapt soon.
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Welcome to @bsky.app @angeloantonini.bsky.social
#Parkinson meeting in Warsaw with @alfonsofasano.bsky.social discussing #levodopa infusion strategies and surgical treatments
November 16, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Welcome to @bsky.app @angeloantonini.bsky.social