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William J. Weiner
Researcher at University of Miami
Publications - 83
Citations - 4956
William J. Weiner is an academic researcher from University of Miami. The author has contributed to research in topics: Parkinson's disease & Parkinsonism. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 83 publications receiving 4828 citations. Previous affiliations of William J. Weiner include University of Maryland, Baltimore & Mount Sinai Hospital.
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Nerve growth factor and Alzheimer's disease.
Franz Hefti,William J. Weiner +1 more
TL;DR: Findings in experimental animals indicate that nerve growth factor (NGF), a well‐characterized protein, acts as a neurotrophic factor for cholinergic neurons of the basal forebrain and suggest that increasing the availability of NGF to human cholineric cells might promote their survival in certain disease processes.
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Sleep disorders and sleep effect in Parkinson's disease
TL;DR: The results suggest that sleep does not have a direct effect on morning motor function, and Alterations in morning motor symptomatology probably represent a manifestation of motor fluctuations.
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Visuospatial impairment in Parkinson's disease
Bonnie E. Levin,Maria M. Llabre,S. Reisman,William J. Weiner,Juan Sanchez-Ramos,Carlos Singer,M. C. Brown +6 more
TL;DR: The presence of visuospatial deficits in PD patients, with a changing pattern of impairment related to dementia and progression of the disease, is supported.
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Localization of nerve growth factor receptors in cholinergic neurons of the human basal forebrain.
TL;DR: Results suggest that NGF acts as a trophic factor for cholinergic neurons in the human brain in a similar way as has been established in recent years for the rat brain.
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Cognitive impairments associated with early Parkinson's disease.
TL;DR: The data suggest that the cognitive changes in early PD are more pervasive than originally described and may reflect the onset of a more widespread pathologic process.