{"id":4739,"date":"2019-10-19T11:48:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T11:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/?page_id=4739"},"modified":"2022-03-14T19:56:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T19:56:01","slug":"all-sparks-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/home\/all-sparks-in-a-row\/","title":{"rendered":"All sparks in a row"},"content":{"rendered":"[mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_right” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/personalscience_queensarariggare_ccbysparks-1.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”speech-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1647287672122{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

14th of March 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1647287658454{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

When I met Sara<\/h2>\n
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In this post, I tell you about how I met one of my role models: Parkinson’s advocate Sara Riggare\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/sarariggare\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_left” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/micemen_ccby_sparks.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”speech-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1633267504227{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

1st of October 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1633267565099{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Parkinsonian mice with intestinal inflammation<\/h2>\n
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In this post, I report about a working visit to Utrecht University where they want to see whether inhibiting intestinal inflammation in Parkinsonian mice leads to fewer Parkinson’s symptoms. In mice.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/parkinsonian-mice\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_right” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/alteringmentalstate_ccby_sparks.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”speech-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1629285858964{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

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RESEARCH INTO ALTERING THE MENTAL STATE TO IMPROVE GAIT<\/h2>\n
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AN INTERVIEW WITH ANOUK TOSSERAMS<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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PARKINSON’S IN YOUR HEYDAY<\/h2>\n

CO-CREATING CARE FOR PWP IN THE PRIME OF THEIR LIVES<\/h3>\n

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RANKING THE TRIALS<\/h2>\n

A CONVERSATION WITH NEUROLOGIST BART POST ABOUT HOPE IN TIMES OF PARKINSON\u2019S<\/h3>\n

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BAKERY DISEASE AND THE FALLEN TREE PARADOX<\/h2>\n

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In this blog post, I have posted my metaphorical interpretation of \u2018the protein paradox\u2019 which is omnipresent in the book Brain Fables<\/a>\u00a0by Alberto Espay and parkyvist Benjamin Stecher. It\u2019s about realising how circumstantial evidence informs our hypotheses.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/bakery-disease\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_right” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/kevinmcfarthing_cc_by_sparks4pd.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”speech-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1597070475587{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

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PARKYVIST IN THE PICTURE<\/em><\/h2>\n

BUILDING UPON KEVIN MCFARTHING\u2019S HOPE LIST<\/h2>\n

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Why did Kevin McFarthing create the Hope List with data of ongoing preclinical research and clinical trials? What is he hoping for himself, 8 years after his diagnosis with Parkinson\u2019s Disease? You can read all about it in a Q&A. Furthermore, I try to make some of the hope speak to even more of my readers with some drawings and vizzes. This lengthy blog post will conclude with a plea on the importance of opening up data FAIRly (Three blogs for the price of one ;)).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/parkyvists-kevin-mcfarthing\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_left” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cogfreeze_cc_by_sparks4pd.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”speech-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1593171438244{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

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RESEARCH INTO FINDING DETOURS FOR COGNITIVE OBSTACLES, PART I: GRANT FUNDED, APPLICATION SHARED<\/h2>\n

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As of today, I am a Parkinson’s researcher with Parkinson’s.<\/span> How that happened?<\/span> Read more about it here<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/cognitivefreezing\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_right” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/albertoespaylove_cc_by_sparks4pd1000px.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”speech-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1591888362208{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

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Liberating knowledge from the shackles of paywalls (Or why I love Alberto Espay)<\/h1>\n

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TODAY IS NOT THAT DAY: STRUGGLES IN #OPENSCIENCE ADVOCACY<\/h1>\n

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Bridging patient experiences and research<\/h1>\n

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In this blog post I reflect on poster I made from a commentary in the Journal of Parkinson’s Disease by professor dr. Bastiaan Bloem and dr. Rick Helmich.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/covid-19_parkinson\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_right” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/inflammation_ccby_sparks.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”speech-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1585578094345{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

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Inflammation in noncommunicable diseases<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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In this blog post I briefly consider my second parkiversary and write about the upcoming book “Ending Parkinson’s Disease”, written by, among others, Prof. Bastiaan Bloem.<\/span> For the Dutch edition, I designed the cover for him.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/ending-parkinsons-disease\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_left” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pesticides2pd_cc_by_sparks.jpg” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”speech-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1575816932419{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

8th of December 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1575816983323{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Parkinson’s as a man-made disease. Part II. The piles of literature<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1575817033148{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

This blog post is the second in a series of blog posts about the relationship between Parkinson’s disease and pesticide exposure. In this part, I explore the neurotoxicity of the two most used pesticides in the Netherlands and I try to formulate meaningful follow-up questions.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/man-made-part-2-literature\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_right” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hopamine-sparks-cc-by.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”speech-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1573500309163{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

11th of November 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1573500321618{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Never delegate hope<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1573500388179{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

A plea to empower patients to decide what to hope for all by themselves.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/never-delegate-hope\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_left” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dirigent_basalganglia_cc_by_sparks.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”speech-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571481845648{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

16th of October 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571502234048{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Parkinson’s and the art of hitting CTRL-ALT-DEL<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571481827502{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

An interview with Willem Oudegeest<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571482016465{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

This blog focuses on the Parkinson rehabilitation program LSVT-BIG.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/ctrlaltdel\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_right” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/parkinsons_manmade_cc_by_sparks.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”jagged-rounded-top” top_shape_color=””][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571482152077{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

8th of October 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571482167319{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Parkinson’s as man-made disease<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571482182725{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Part I: Un unfolding story<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571482218159{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

An introductory blog about the relationship between Parkinson’s and pesticides.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/parkinsons-as-a-man-made-disease-part-1\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_left” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/feestderherkenning_cc_by_sparks.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”jagged-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571482284866{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

6th of September 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571482322207{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Mirror, mirror on the wall<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571482370593{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

A poem about the importance of fellow Parkies.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_right” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/flatlandpress_cc_by_sparks_en.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”jagged-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571482411052{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

29th of August 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571482455221{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Parkinson’s and the flatland press<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571482715179{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

A critical analysis of scientific literature in which only a number of variables are taken into account and a suggestion to take a different approach.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/parkinsons-and-the-flatland-press\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_left” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/rozeolifant_cc_by_sparksv2.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”jagged-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571482737181{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

20th of August 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571482778730{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Taming the pink elephant<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571482881169{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

A blog about panic attacks and Parkinson’s, the shame and the needed conversations in the treatment room.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/taming-the-pink-elephant\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_right” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/iamals_cc_by_sparks-1.gif” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”jagged-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571482903984{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

25th of June 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571482957146{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

The neuro-D-generation and the art of zooming out<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483114637{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

What do ALS, MS and Parkinson’s have in common? How could science and care benefit from stretching the borders and looking for overlap between different neurodegenerative disorders?<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/the-neuro-d-generation\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_left” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019wpc_cc_by_sparks.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”jagged-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483138411{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

30th of May 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483172897{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Aligning scientist and patient efforts<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483186452{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

On the importance of role fluidity<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483233239{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

A blog about strengthening the healthy side of Parkinson’s patients to benefit science.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/aligning-scientist-and-patient-efforts\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_right” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/degeneration_cc_by_sparks_v5.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”jagged-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483251211{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

29th of May 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483269351{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Depression and Parkinson’s<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483300741{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

A common duo in the spotlight<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483362026{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

A blog about the PhD research of Monique Timmer.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/depression\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_left” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/pd_drive_cc_by_sparks2.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”jagged-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483376808{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

5th of May 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483412295{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

In search for the PD drive<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483427247{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Taking the red pill<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483484780{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

A plea for a boost of self-direction by administering a serious diagnosis in which you simultaneously get a number of tools to relieve symptoms and possibly also to slow down neurodegeneration.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/in-search-for-the-pd-drive-taking-the-red-pill\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_right” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/bubbles_cc_by_sparks_v2.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”jagged-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483497305{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

19th of April 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483509193{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

When worlds collide<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483518237{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Open science meets Parkinson’s<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483572618{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

For years I work in scientific institutions on products \/ services \/ change processes that have open science in mind. Then I get Parkinson’s and suddenly see the world of open science with different eyes. You can find my observations in this blog.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/open-science-meets-parkinsons\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_left” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/patientsvoice_cc_by_sparks_v2.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”jagged-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483624403{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

11th of April 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483639027{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Benjamin’s Quest<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483787378{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Pushing forward to connect the dots of Parkinson’s<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483766497{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Benjamin Stecher has had Parkinson’s since he was 29 and is committed to bridging the gap between science and patient. A number of his sharp observations are reviewed in this blog.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/benjamins-quest\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_right” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/strategiesfreezing_cc_by_sparks-1.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”jagged-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483798957{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

2nd of April 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571418274124{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

To freeze or not to freeze<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483819212{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Strategies to circumvent freezing<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483962761{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

In this blog I visualize a scientific article by Dr. Jorik Nonnekes and I draw the unique detours that Parkinson’s patients use to bypass their freezing episode.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/to-freeze-or-not-to-freeze\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_left” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/humaneimmunefitnesslab_cc_by_sparks.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”jagged-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483977244{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

27th of February 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571483991960{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Diet as medicine<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571484104982{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Een Parkinsonian gastro-intestinal tract: Part 2<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571484051745{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Many Parkinson’s patients have been plagued for years before the official diagnosis by gastrointestinal problems such as pain and constipation. I interview Prof. Dr. Aletta Kraneveld who is particularly interested in the role of the inhabitants of our intestines on our immune system and the health of our brain.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/diet-as-medicine\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_right” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/decarboxylaseremmers_3_cc_by_sparks.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”jagged-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571484131936{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

15th of January 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571484142346{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Decarboxylase inhibitors<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571484202998{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Parkinson’s patients receive decarboxylase inhibitors with their medication. Why?<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/decarboxylase-inhibitors\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_left” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/paralleluniversum_cc_by_sparks.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”jagged-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571484253338{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

15th of December 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571484239133{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

In the meantime, in a parallel universe<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571484281576{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Musings after diagnosis.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/parallel_univere\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_right” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/supersmellers_cc_by_sparks.jpg” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”jagged-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571484403039{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

13th of December 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571484386343{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

The smell of Parkinson’s<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571484469545{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Joy Milne can smell Parkinson’s disease. Scientists took her seriously and there is now a molecular profile for Parkinson’s smell.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/the-smell-of-parkinsons\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_left” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/gastricmotilityenhancer_cc_by_sparks.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”jagged-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571484524132{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

29th of November 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571484514360{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

A Parkinsonian gastro-intestinal track: Part 1<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571484559226{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]My guts have been hurting for years before I get the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. Stinging pains, abdominal distension. After my diagnosis I start looking for the relationship with Parkinson’s.[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/gastrointestinal_tract\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_right” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/parkinsonbingo_cc_by_sparks_version2.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”jagged-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571484633551{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

11th of November 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571484639705{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Parkinson bingo<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571484658786{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]In my attempts to explain why I have Parkinson’s, I often use the metaphor of a bingo card. I see this image confirmed in a scientific article in which triggers, helpers and aggravators are all needed to get Parkinson’s disease.[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/parkinson-bingo\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_left” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/parkinsonpredictors_cc_by_sparks.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”jagged-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571484742124{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

20th of October 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571484764229{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Parkinson’s predictors<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571484806338{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

You don’t have Parkinson’s disease all of a sudden. The clues have been piling up for quite some time before the neurologist gets involved.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/parkinsons-predictors\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_right” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/idiopathic_cc_by_sparks_v2.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”jagged-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571484978672{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

20th of October 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571484995604{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Parkinson’s A, B, C at diagnosis<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571485089092{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Words I would liked to have known before I entered the neurologist’s treatment room.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/parkinsonabc\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_left” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/dopamene_cc_by_sparks.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”jagged-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571485114136{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

6th of September 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571421043377{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Dopa-ME-ne<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571485125583{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Me. On strings of dopamine.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/dopa-me-ne\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”half_right” bg_image=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/diagnosis_cc_by_sparks.png” bg_color=”rgba(221,210,247,0.25)” bg_stretch=”true” top_shape_style=”jagged-top”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571485174637{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

1st of September 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571485187120{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

The diagnosis<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571485205356{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

A description of my diagnosis.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_button corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” icon=”mk-moon-bookmark-2″ url=”https:\/\/verbeeldingskr8.nl\/sparkinson\/sparks\/the-diagnosis\/” bg_color=”#ba7eba”]Take me to the blog[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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