Research is a vital part of our mission.
Over the years, we have contributed substantially to the world's literature on the diagnosis and treatment of movement disorders. Research activities occur at the level of the basic sciences including animal experimentation as well as at the clinical level. Opportunities for research opportunities are available for all our diseases of interest and vary from one-time research visits to complex clinical trials of novel medical and surgical therapies. The reasons for research participation are as varied as our patient population and range from the desire to improve ones own physical function to the wish that the suffering of future patients may be eased. Such factors as the precise nature and severity of the disease under study, patient age, gender and ethnic background, exposure to certain medications and other factors are included in these criteria.