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Genomes and GenesSpecies | Rivka InzelbergSummaryAffiliation: Tel Aviv University Country: Israel Publications
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Prayer at Midlife is Associated with Reduced Risk of Cognitive Decline in Arabic WomenRivka Inzelberg
Sagol Neuroscience Center, Department of Neurology Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, 52621, Israel
Curr Alzheimer Res 10:340-6. 2013..33-0.94), but not AD. Among individuals endorsing prayer activity, the amount of prayer was not associated with MCI or AD in either gender. Praying at midlife is associated with lower risk of mild cognitive impairment in women...
The LRRK2 G2019S mutation is associated with Parkinson disease and concomitant non-skin cancersR Inzelberg
Parkinson s Disease and Movement disorders Clinic, The Sagol Neuroscience Center, Department of Neurology, Israel
Neurology 78:781-6. 2012..In view of the fact that cancer patterns in patients with Parkinson disease (PD) differ from the general population, we aimed to verify whether patients with PD with LRRK2 mutations have an increased risk for particular cancer types...- The particular relationship between Parkinson's disease and malignancy: a focus on skin cancersRivka Inzelberg
Department of Neurology, The Sagol Neuroscience Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
J Neural Transm 116:1503-7. 2009.... - Are genetic and sporadic Parkinson's disease patients equally susceptible to develop dementia?Rivka Inzelberg
Department of Neurology, The Sagol Neuroscience Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer and Tel Aviv University, Israel
J Neurol Sci 289:23-6. 2010..On the contrary, in PARK2 which is not accompanied by Lewy body accumulation, patients do not show a systematic cognitive decline. This review presents information on dementia in genetic forms of Parkinson's disease... - Benign hereditary chorea: an updateRivka Inzelberg
Joseph Sagol Neuroscience Center, Department of Neurology, Sheba Medical Center, 52621 Tel Hashomer, Israel
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 17:301-7. 2011..This review highlights the current updates on expanded clinical aspects of BHC, imaging and treatment experience, its genetic markers, proposed molecular mechanisms, animal models and link to cancer... - High prevalence of malignant melanoma in Israeli patients with Parkinson's diseaseR Inzelberg
The Sagol Neuroscience Center, Department of Neurology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
J Neural Transm 118:1199-207. 2011..Melanoma prevalence in PD patients was higher than expected in the general Israeli population. This was not related to levodopa treatment. PD patients should be actively screened for melanoma on a routine basis... - High prevalence of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease in arabic villages in northern Israel: impact of gender and educationAnne E Afgin
The Sagol Neuroscience Center, Department of Neurology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
J Alzheimers Dis 29:431-9. 2012..7%). The prevalence of MCI and AD are unusually high in Wadi Ara, while the rate of conversion from MCI to AD is low. Yet unidentified genetic factors might underlie this observation... - Education effects on cognitive function in a healthy aged Arab populationRivka Inzelberg
Department of Neurology, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel
Int Psychogeriatr 19:593-603. 2007..We investigated the influence of gender, education and occupation in a cognitively normal community sample which was assessed using an Arabic translation of the MMSE and the BCST... - Mild cognitive impairment is associated with mild parkinsonian signs in a door-to-door studySimon D Israeli-Korn
The Joseph Sagol Neuroscience Center and Neurology Department, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
J Alzheimers Dis 22:1005-13. 2010..These results suggest that axial and bradykinetic parkinsonian signs represent risk factors for MCI but MPS may not predict conversion from MCI to AD... 
Essential tremor might be less frequent than Parkinson's disease in North Israel Arab villagesAmir Glik
Department of Neurology and The Sagol Neuroscience Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Mov Disord 24:119-22. 2009..PD prevalence was 1.44% (95% CI 0.84-2.45). ET is unusually uncommon in this population and possibly even less frequent than PD. The PD prevalence in Wadi Ara is similar to that reported in Western countries...- Association between amantadine and the onset of dementia in Parkinson's diseaseRivka Inzelberg
Department of Neurology, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel
Mov Disord 21:1375-9. 2006..01). Age of PD onset also significantly influenced the duration of PD until dementia. Amantadine use may delay the onset of dementia in PD patients and may attenuate its severity... - Phenotype of the 202 adenine deletion in the parkin gene: 40 years of follow-upSharon Hassin-Baer
The Sagol Neuroscience Center, Department of Neurology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Mov Disord 26:719-22. 2011..We describe the four decades follow-up of 14 parkin patients belonging to two large eight-generation-long in-bred Muslim-Arab kindreds... - Essential tremor prevalence is low in Arabic villages in Israel: door-to-door neurological examinationsRivka Inzelberg
Department of Neurology, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, 38100, Israel
J Neurol 253:1557-60. 2006..To estimate the prevalence of essential tremor (ET) in Arabic villages of Wadi Ara... - Are Parkinson disease patients protected from some but not all cancers?Rivka Inzelberg
Department of Neurology, Meir Hospital, Kfar Saba, Tchernikovsky Street, Israel
Neurology 69:1542-50. 2007..Unraveling the link between PD and cancer may open a therapeutic window for both diseases... - Visuo-motor coordination deficits and motor impairments in Parkinson's diseaseRivka Inzelberg
The Sagol Neuroscience Center and Department of Neurology Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
PLoS ONE 3:e3663. 2008..Such relationship should reveal how particular motor dysfunctions combine with cognitive and sensory-motor impairments to produce a complex behavioral disability... - Psychosis, short stature in benign hereditary chorea: a novel thyroid transcription factor-1 mutationAmir Glik
Department of Neurology and The Sagol Neuroscience Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Mov Disord 23:1744-7. 2008..We describe the unique phenotypic features and intrafamilial variability expressing this novel mutation... - Selective impairment of prediction error signaling in human dorsolateral but not ventral striatum in Parkinson's disease patients: evidence from a model-based fMRI studyTom Schonberg
Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv, Israel
Neuroimage 49:772-81. 2010..These results also provide evidence for a deficiency in PE signaling in the dorsolateral striatum of PD patients that may offer an explanation for their deficits observed in other reward learning tasks... - Impaired procedural learning in obsessive-compulsive disorder and Parkinson's disease, but not in major depressive disorderDaphna Joel
Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Behav Brain Res 157:253-63. 2005..Two different interpretations are suggested: that the striatal system is dysfunctional in OCD, or that inappropriate explicit processing in OCD interferes with the functioning of the striatal system... - Prevalence and clinical features of dementia associated with the antiphospholipid syndrome and circulating anticoagulantsJoab Chapman
Department of Neurology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
J Neurol Sci 203:81-4. 2002..CAC-positive APS patients seem to be at risk for developing dementia with age, suggesting a pathogenic role for prolonged exposure to elevated aPL... - Cabergoline, pramipexole and ropinirole used as monotherapy in early Parkinson's disease: an evidence-based comparisonRivka Inzelberg
Department of Neurology, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel
Drugs Aging 20:847-55. 2003..Their adverse effect profiles are also similar, but they are less well tolerated than levodopa. The motor antiparkinsonian benefit of dopamine agonists is somewhat smaller than that of levodopa... - Characterization of movement disorders in patients with familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease carrying the E200K mutationOren S Cohen
Department of Neurology and Sagol Neuroscience Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 14:162-5. 2012..Objectives: To systemically evaluate the frequency of extrapyramidal signs and movement disorders in patients with fCJD... - Aggressive familial ALS with unusual brain MRI and a SOD1 gene mutationSergiu C Blumen
Department of Neurology, Hillel Yaffe Medical Centre, Hadera, Israel
Amyotroph Lateral Scler 11:228-31. 2010..The severe UMN involvement and the fast progression of the disease may correlate with the MRI findings. It is also possible that the A140A mutation is not incidental; the mutated mRNA might be cytotoxic... - Inspiratory muscle training and the perception of dyspnea in Parkinson's diseaseRivka Inzelberg
Department of Neurology, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel
Can J Neurol Sci 32:213-7. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: The inspiratory muscle performance may be improved by SIMT in patients with PD. This improvement is associated with a significant decrease in their POD... - Retinal nerve fiber layer thinning in Parkinson diseaseRivka Inzelberg
Department of Neurology, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera 38100, Israel
Vision Res 44:2793-7. 2004..002), while the inferotemporal area was the thinnest (146 +/- 24 vs. 191 +/- 21 microns; p=0.0003). The results show significant loss of RNFL thickness in PD at specific sites... - Dopamine-transporter imaging and visuo-motor testing in essential tremor, practical possibilities for detection of early stage Parkinson's diseaseMiguel Schwartz
Department of Neurology, Bnai-Zion Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 10:385-9. 2004..A significant correlation between ligand uptake and VMC was observed. CONCLUSIONS: Impaired VMC is a pertinent indication for further SPECT imaging in patients with ET, in order to establish a diagnosis of incipient PD...