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Research at UHN @uhnresearch.ca · 10/09/2026

1/ Why does deep brain stimulation (DBS) affect people with #Parkinsons differently? Researchers at @kbi-uhn.bsky.social found that DBS affects brain-wide networks and that outcomes differ across two common targets. The findings could help personalize care. 🔗: www.uhnresearch.ca/news/9-07-20...

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TogetherForSharon® @togetherforsharon.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

@alfonsofasano.bsky.social Q & A with Sharon's son, George. Episode 360: Special Guest Alfonso Fasano, MD, PhD, FAAN: Dr & Patient Advocacy & Reprograming the Brain Listen to The TogetherForSharon® Podcast on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/43PC...

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Q & A with Sharon's son, George. Episode 360: Special Guest Alfonso Fasano, MD, PhD, FAAN: Dr & Patient Advocacy & Reprograming the Brain

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Krembil Brain Institute 🧠 @kbi-uhn.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

🎉✨ Please join us in celebrating @alfonsofasano.bsky.social, Clinician Investigator with the Krembil Brain Institute at UHN, who has been awarded $20,000 in funding from Hydrocephalus Canada! 🔗: linktr.ee/krembil

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

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

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

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

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Simon Lewis @profsimonlewis.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Wonderful lecture on the role of #DBS for #Freezing of #Gait by @alfonsofasano.bsky.social at the #ICFOG2025 meeting in #Atlanta @icfog.bsky.social

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Krembil Brain Institute 🧠 @kbi-uhn.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

📺✨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

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Can Sarica @cansarica.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

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

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Research at UHN @uhnresearch.ca · 09/05/2025

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 ⬇️

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University Health Network @uhn.ca · 09/05/2025

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

Dr. Alfonso Fasano, a neurologist at University Health Network in Toronto, talks with Dwyer. (Turgut Yeter/CBC)

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Krembil Brain Institute 🧠 @kbi-uhn.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

📖✨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

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International Consortium for Freezing of Gait @icfog.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

🚨 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...

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Standard language in patents (eg ‘prior art’)

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Krembil Brain Institute 🧠 @kbi-uhn.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

🩶 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

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The first update on #mds by @mayoclinic.org and @uhntoronto.bsky.social just kicked off with Dr Lang’s lecture on ‘what’s #parkinson’

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International Consortium for Freezing of Gait @icfog.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

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

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Parkinson's Europe @parkinsonseurope.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

📅 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

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Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute @dkjei-uhn.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

🎉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."

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

I agree, but I’m hopeful. Journals are notoriously slow when it comes to implementing social media strategies. They don’t allocate resources or personnel unfortunately

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

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/...

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Perfection, sometimes it does exist.

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Alberto Espay @albertoespay.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

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.

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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · 02/12/2024

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!

A screenshot of a paper on bioarxiv illustrating the lack of blue sky share button!

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Thank you @blueark.app, the end of (my) X account is getting closer.

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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...

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Hard to tell, how about pnes in temporal lobe epilepsy? That too seems more prone than other localizations. It’s clearly a multifaceted poorly understood scenario

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Tt's clear now that having a neurological issue is very strong risk factor for FND. This is old news, and it's helping our understanding of FNS (eg in DBS patients). All the past emphasis on the psyche stems from the same: a brain disorder causing psychiatric and/or neurological problems.

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Unfortunately most of the pro-brexit have never taken a plane…

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Andreas Horn @andreashorn.org · 17/11/2024

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...

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

It's happening: No more twitter/X handle. I hope #journals will adapt soon. #ExitTwitter #ExitX #ExitTwitterX

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Incredible lessons on #leadership by Rochelle Walensky, former director of the Centers for Disease Control, at @harvardchanschool.bsky.social. I'm afraid we won't see anything like this for the next 4 years... PS #Boston in the #fall never disappoints

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

One of most overlooked issues of past literature is the 'miracle' of #brain surgery in #functional patients. Cooper was a pioneer in the field but some of his success came from this, as we discussed recently in www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

Podcast alert: #Tremor Special Series. Had the pleasure of interviewing Elan Louis from @UTSWMedCenter. Why Tremor? have a listen and you'll find out! www.movementdisorders.org/Podcasts/… @matarazzomd @movedisorder

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Special Series: Why tremor?

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

Adaptive/closed-loop #DBS is a fascinating new tool which will likely expand the current list of indications, beyond #Parkinson We used it to understand #orthostatic #tremor during day-to-day conditions but also to stimulate on demand, with better results compared to classic DBS

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

What this ‘social’ media has become: 👇

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 09/10/2024

Stay tuned (literally!)... a great podcast is on its way and it'll make you shake (literally #2!) #tremor #podcast @kailashbhatia @movedisorder @matarazzomd

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 25/09/2024

Treating gait in #Parkinson has improved over the years but a lot still needs to be done. Researchers out there consider applying to this new funding opportunity provided by the @MichaelJFoxOrg!

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

The Movement Disorders (@movedisorder) and Hydrocephalus Society (@hydrocephalusso) met in Nagoya during #Hydrocephalus2024 for a joint session on the complex relationship between mds and #nph. Thank you Sevil Yasar, Mats Tullberg & Joachim Krauss for the unforgettable plenary.

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 24/08/2024

An unforeseen issue of adaptive deep brain stimulation is managing the control signal during #sleep, when brain physiology changes We used #MachineLearning for 'Sleep-Aware DBS', which proved to work regardless of target and disease. @ArjBalachandar doi.org/10.1002/mds.29987

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 22/08/2024

Medical Assistance in Dying (#MAiD) in neurodegenerative disorders is as important as neglected. @UHN and @HealthCanada have policies in place. Not the same everywhere, unfortunately. Glad for my modest contribution to Dr Cohen’s book on the topic. #Alzheimers @OxUniPress

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Alfonso Fasano @alfonsofasano.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

You landing on my page: sorry if I'm not as active as I used to be, trying hard to make 'x' grow on me. Not easy and we all know why No, I don't think it makes sense to move elsewhere, it is what it is everywhere And yes, this is still #twitter to me.

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