Academic Press Covid-19 and Parkinsonism: Volume 165 (International Review of Neurobiology, Volume 165)

Product Description Covid-19 and Parkinsonism, Volume 165 in the International Review in Neurobiology series, highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters that cover a variety of topics, including Parkinsonism associated with viral infections, Covid-19 and nervous system pathology: bench to bedside, Prevalence of Covid-19 in Parkinson’s Disease: acute settings and hospital, Covid-19 and Parkinson’s Disease: clinical features, long COVID, Smell deficits in Covid-19 and possible links with Parkinson’s Disease, Spotlight on non-motor symptoms and Covid-19, and a Summary of treatment paradigms in Parkinson’s Disease patients and Covid-19. Additional sections cover Covid-19 and Parkinson’s Disease: nursing care, vaccination, telemedicine services, impact on advanced therapies, Covid-19-induced parkinsonism: Real life phenoconversion cases, Loneliness and impact of lockdown on Parkinson’s Disease patients during the Covid-19 pandemic, Parkinson’s Disease and Covid-19: Impact of ethnicity and palliative care, and more. Review Edited by some of the best scientists in the field, this series presents the latest updates in the field of neurobiology About the Author Iro Boura, MD, MSc is a PhD student at the University of Crete in Heraklion, Greece, investigating the neurogenetics and phenomenology of Parkinson’s Disease on the island of Crete, and is currently employed as a Neurology Consultant in the General Hospital of Chania in Crete, Greece. Prior to this position, she worked as a clinical research fellow in the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, UK and at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London, UK under the supervision of Prof K. Ray Chaudhuri. She is currently continuing their collaboration as an affiliated member at King’s College London and the Parkinson’s Foundation Centre of Excellence in King’s College Hospital, UK. Dr. Boura received her MSc in Mental Health and Neuropsychiatry from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. During the past few years she has been involved in numerous publications and presentations relevant to Parkinson’s Disease. Professor K Ray Chaudhuri is the Clinical Director of the National Parkinson Foundation International Centre of Excellence at King’s College and Kings College Hospital London, Lead of the King’s Neuroscience Research and Development unit and Chairman of the Movement Disorders Society Non-motor Study Group at Denmark Hill Campus in London. Professor Ray Chaudhuri also sits on the Nervous Systems Committee of the UK Department of Health, National Institute of Health Research, and serves as a member of the Scientific Programme Committee of the International Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Society. In addition, he serves as a member of clinical advisory groups to Parkinson’s UK and the European Parkinson’s Disease Association. Having published over 350 papers and co-edited 4 books on PD and restless legs syndrome, Professor Ray Chaudhuri currently serves on the editorial board of numerous international journals including Basal Ganglia, the Journal of Parkinson’s Disease and is the editor in chief of the newly launched Nature Parkinson’s Journal. Professor K Ray Chaudhuri has particular expertise in non-motor aspects of PD focused on subtyping, sleep and pain. Attending neurologist at the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery in Mexico City. Responsible of the Clinical Neurodegenerative Research Unit. Movement disorders training at the Hospital Clinic de Barcelona. Master in Sciences granted by the UNAM. Member of the National Research System (SNI level 3). Member of the National Academy of Medicine. Principal Professor of the Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders high specialty course recognized by the Health’s Ministry and the UNAM Angelo Antonini graduated in Medicine in 1986 and completed Neurology training in 1990 at