Understanding Movement Impairment in Parkinson's Disease
Colum MacKinnon
Thursday, 03 Apr 2014 at 2:00 pm – Campanile Room, Memorial Union
Colum MacKinnon is an assistant professor of neurology at the University of Minnesota. His team studies how the brain controls movement in people with neurological disorders like Parkinson's disease. He is also using brain imaging methods to study the neuroanatomy and neurochemistry of movement disorders. His current work focuses on three areas: the relationship between freezing of gait and sleep disorders in people with Parkinson's disease, the mechanisms by which external cues facilitate gait initiation in Parkinson's disease, and the mechanisms of impaired control of repetitive movements in Parkinson's disease. MacKinnon was previously on the faculty in the Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences at Northwestern University and a neurophysiologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Parkinson's Disease Research ForumCosponsored By:
- Kinesiology
- Parkinson's Action Network
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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