Shivers down your spine
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Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease, we all know them as movement disorders with uncontrolled movements such as trembling and shaking as the most prominent symptoms. Therefore, the treatment of these diseases are mainly focused on these motor symptoms. However, research in recent decades has shown that patients suffer not only because of the physical symptoms of their disorder, but also from mental symptoms such as depression, apathy, hallucinations and anxiety. In addition, these symptoms have also been shown to affect the severity of physical symptoms. Leentjens at Maastricht University has been researching the relationship between psychiatric and neurological symptoms for years in order to pay more attention to mental symptoms in treatment. On Oct. 21, 2022, he gave his inaugural lecture.
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