Memon AA, Catiul C, Irwin Z, Pilkington J, Memon RA, Joop A, Wood KH, Cutter G, Bamman M, Miocinovic S, Amara AW. Effects of exercise on sleep spindles in Parkinson's disease. Front Rehabil Sci. 2022;3:952289. PubMed PMID: 36188974
Kongsuk J, Perumean-Chaney SE, Knight DC, Brown CJ, Amara AW, Hurt CP. Development of Dynamic Measures to Assess Balance Confidence and State Anxiety While Walking at Increasing Speeds in Young and Older Adults. J Aging Phys Act. 2022 Dec 1;30(6):995-1002. PubMed PMID: 35339111
Shaban M, Amara AW. Resting-state electroencephalography based deep-learning for the detection of Parkinson's disease. PLoS One. 2022;17(2):e0263159. PubMed PMID: 35202420
Srivastava H, Joop A, Memon RA, Pilkington J, Wood KH, Natelson Love M, Amara AW. Taking the Time to Assess Cognition in Parkinson's Disease: The Clock Drawing Test. J Parkinsons Dis. 2022;12(2):713-722. PubMed PMID: 34864688
Picillo M, LaFontant DE, Bressman S, Caspell-Garcia C, Coffey C, Cho HR, Burghardt EL, Dahodwala N, Saunders-Pullman R, Tanner CM, Amara AW. Sex-Related Longitudinal Change of Motor, Non-Motor, and Biological Features in Early Parkinson's Disease. J Parkinsons Dis. 2022;12(1):421-436. PubMed PMID: 34744052
4. Dhanwani, R, J Rodrigues Lima-Junior, A Sethi, J Pham, G Williams, April Frazier, Y Xu, AW Amara, D G Standaert, J Goldman, I Litvan, R Alcalay, B Peters, D Sulzer, CS Lindestam Arlehamn, and A Sette (2022) Transcriptional analysis of peripheral memory T cells reveals Parkinson’s disease-specific gene signatures. npj Parkinson’s Disease. 8:30. PMID: 35314697
Memon AA, Bagley ME, Creed RB, Amara AW, Goldberg MS, McMahon LL. Basal Synaptic Transmission and Long-Term Plasticity at CA3-CA1 Synapses Are Unaffected in Young Adult PINK1-Deficient Rats. Front Neurosci. 2021;15:655901. PubMed PMID: 34483814
1. Tan, C, H Nawaz, SK Lagman, LJ Cloud, AW Amara, TJ Druzgal, BD Berman, N Mukhopadhyay, and MJ Barrett (2022) Cholinergic Nucleus 4 Degeneration and Cognitive Impairment in REM Sleep Behavior Disorder. Movement Disorders
Clinical Interests
I have a broad range of clinical interests within Movement Disorders and Sleep Medicine. I treat Parkinson's disease and other forms of Parkinsonism, tremor, REM sleep behavior disorder, sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, and others.
Care Philosophy
My goals are to provide compassionate care, to listen, and to establish treatment plans tailored to the needs of the individual.