Tejas Mehta

Movement disorder fellow @UF

[Sanjay Pandey @SanjayP30043502]

Our just published review
Spectrum of Dystonia in Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Siva roja Yellaturi, Adreesh Mukherjee, Sanjay Pandey
| Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements https://t.co/BAyGPGBfTg
@movedisorder @PRDAssociation @mdsieditor @amritafbd

[Abhishek Lenka @AbhiLenka11]

A tribute to Dr. Mark Hallett (1943–2025), a giant in movement disorders and FND.

The article presents the proposed “Hallett sign”: an anticipatory jerk in FMD provoked by the expectation of tendon reflex testing.
@jonstoneneuro @JankovicJoseph @movedisorder @MDJ_Journal @NIH

[Joshua Wong @JWongggMD]

Really cool study on the impact of DBS on PD levodopa requirements stratified by motor subtypes by @UFMDFellowship Tejas Mehta

[Venkat Srikar Lavu (Sri) @wayncut_Lavu]

Mortality and morbidity associated with aspiration pneumonia in Parkinson's Disease hospitalizations. By Tejas Mehta. #MDScongress

[Dr. Heli Shah @dr_heli]

Do you know difference between tics & functional tic like movements❓️
🔷️Overlap & differences in Tourette & functional tic like movements from clinical features to treatment ⬇️ @GreenJournal @kailashbhatia
@AlbertoEspay et al doi:10.1212WNL.0000000000008372

[Enrique Martinez @EnriqueZenitram]

What if adaptive DBS in Parkinson’s didn’t just listen to one brain signal, but knew when you were moving?

We dropped an editorial on @littleneuro’s movement-centric approach using personalized frequency bands + cortical physiology.
@AMahajanMD @kmillsy

https://t.co/eA8Uzy5xzj

[Enrique Martinez @EnriqueZenitram]

Go listen to one of the best humans talking about how she makes other humans' lives better 🔥🔥🔥

[Michael Okun @MichaelOkun]

I saw a man recently who was distressed because he could no longer 'picture' in his mind what his wife and other family members as well as friends looked like. When conscious, wakeful imagery is "markedly reduced, or absent entirely, we call this APHANTASIA." It may be associated with reduced autobiographical memory, face recognition difficulty, and autism. Visual dreaming is preserved. We think it is caused by alterations in connectivity between the frontoparietal and visual networks. Zeman is the expert on this interesting syndrome. https://t.co/FrhfOdlaYT

[Michael Okun @MichaelOkun]

What are the emerging gene therapy treatments for Parkinson's. This is a great single summary figure by Amanda Currie @Fixelinstitute @UFMDFellowship in this fresh new review article.
https://t.co/ABxo4SBbCA #parkinson #genetherapy

[Michael Fox @foxmdphd]

Is there a brain circuit target for restoration of consciousness? New lesion and DBS results by @aaewarren @RolstonJohn @Brain_Circuits says yes! Free preprint link and thread below.

[Erik Middlebrooks, MD @EMiddlebrooksMD]

Taking the art of Dr. Rhoton to the next level of 3D using photogrammetry of dissections for DBS targets! The full atlas can be freely accessed at: https://t.co/TW8JZkibjk

[Tejas Mehta @Tm29491]

The overlap of movement disorders and artificial intelligence is fascinating and Fixel is paving the path. The future is bright and promising.

[Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases @FixelInstitute]

New research from Fixel's researchers! They've utilized video analysis and machine learning to detect motor symptoms in early-stage Parkinson’s disease with impressive accuracy, offering new hope for earlier diagnosis and better management.💡
Full Study: https://t.co/wHGTlF1xLb

[Tejas Mehta @Tm29491]

The future of DBS and patient care is not far away!

[Neurology Today @NeurologyToday]

A new paper based on a small study is the first to show that adaptive #DeepBrainStimulation works equally well in patients' homes, offices, and while traveling: https://t.co/t0K3WODs8a

#NeuroTwitter @AANMember

[Michael Okun @MichaelOkun]

Parkinson's disease vs. Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome. New image and summary led by @NitaChenNeuro and fellows @FixelInstitute is out as a 'tweetable image' in @GreenJournal Neurology Education.
Key Points:
- A recent publication detailed Muhammad Ali's clinical diagnosis of levodopa-responsive young-onset Parkinson disease.
- The fellows saw this as an opportunity to compare and contrast PD vs TES.
- When you see Parkinson disease think: progressive bilateral asymmetric levodopa-responsive features accompanied by motor and non-motor symptoms with or without resting tremor, with or without a history of traumatic brain injury.
- TES: think about progressive cognitive impairment after multiple repetitive impacts to the head, with or without neurobehavioral dysregulation, with or without a postural action tremor (which may be transitory).
- One tricky thing is that head trauma is a risk factor for the later occurrence of Parkinson's.
My take: It is really important that clinicians begin to integrate these principles into their clinical workflow. Also, look at the pathological differences and remember that for traumatic encephalopathy syndrome it does not equal CTE. CTE requires pathology and therefore is a post-mortem diagnosis.
https://t.co/5uH1CNFquU #parkinson #CTE #concussion @RoyStrowdMD #NeurologyEd #NeuroEd #MedEd #NeurologyEducation

[Tejas Mehta @Tm29491]

@neurogenicpoet Milkmaids grip- Sydenham’s chorea