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Evžen Růžička

Evžen Růžička

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Neuroscience

D-Index
55
Citations
10747
World Ranking
4722
National Ranking
6

Overview

Evžen Růžička is affiliated with Charles University in the Czech Republic. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to neurology, psychiatry and mental health, physiology, cognitive neuroscience, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's work encompasses several key topics including Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, neurological disorders and treatments, voice and speech disorders, botulinum toxin and related neurological disorders, psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, dysphagia assessment and management, and balance, gait, and falls prevention.

Evžen Růžička has authored multiple papers published in reputable journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Monogenic variants in dystonia: an exome-wide sequencing study", 2020, The Lancet Neurology
  • "Trial of Deferiprone in Parkinson's Disease", 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "European Academy of Neurology/Movement Disorder Society-European Section Guideline on the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease: I. Invasive Therapies", 2022, Movement Disorders
  • "Speech Biomarkers in Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder and Parkinson Disease", 2021, Annals of Neurology
  • "European Academy of Neurology/Movement Disorder Society - European Section guideline on the treatment of Parkinson's disease: I. Invasive therapies", 2022, European Journal of Neurology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Růžička include:

  • Petr Dušek (47 joint publications)
  • Karel Šonka (31 joint publications)
  • Jan Rusz (29 joint publications)
  • Robert Jech (27 joint publications)
  • Radim Krupička (27 joint publications)

The scholar's works are commonly published in journals such as Movement Disorders, Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, npj Parkinson's Disease, Gait & Posture, and European Journal of Neurology. The publication counts in these venues are as follows:

  • Movement Disorders (10 publications)
  • Movement Disorders Clinical Practice (9 publications)
  • npj Parkinson's Disease (8 publications)
  • Gait & Posture (7 publications)
  • European Journal of Neurology (6 publications)

Best Publications

  • A new botulinum toxin type A free of complexing proteins for treatment of cervical dystonia.

    R. Benecke;W. H. Jost;P. Kanovsky;E. Ruzicka

  • Measurement instruments to assess posture, gait, and balance in Parkinson's disease: Critique and recommendations

    Bastiaan R. Bloem;Johan Marinus;Quincy Almeida;Lee Dibble

  • Automated analysis of connected speech reveals early biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease in patients with rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder

    Jan Hlavnička;Roman Čmejla;Tereza Tykalová;Karel Šonka

  • Trial of Deferiprone in Parkinson's Disease.

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  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging during deep brain stimulation: a pilot study in four patients with Parkinson's disease.

    Robert Jech;Dušan Urgošík;Jaroslav Tintěra;Antonín Nebuželský

  • Survey on cannabis use in Parkinson's disease: subjective improvement of motor symptoms.

    Kateřina Venderová;Evžen Růžička;Viktor Voříšek;Peter Višňovský

  • European Academy of Neurology/Movement Disorder Society‐European Section Guideline on the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease: I. Invasive Therapies

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  • Monogenic variants in dystonia: an exome-wide sequencing study.

    Michael Zech;Robert Jech;Sylvia Boesch;Matej Škorvánek

  • Selecting deep brain stimulation or infusion therapies in advanced Parkinson’s disease: an evidence-based review

    Jens Volkmann;Alberto Albanese;Angelo Antonini;K. Ray Chaudhuri

  • Speech disorders reflect differing pathophysiology in Parkinson’s disease, progressive supranuclear palsy and multiple system atrophy

    Jan Rusz;Jan Rusz;Cecilia Bonnet;Jiří Klempíř;Tereza Tykalová

  • Neurological disorders of gait, balance and posture: a sign-based approach.

    Jorik Nonnekes;Rianne J M Goselink;Evžen Růžička;Alfonso Fasano

  • Compensation Strategies for Gait Impairments in Parkinson Disease: A Review.

    Jorik Nonnekes;Evžen Ružicka;Alice Nieuwboer;Mark Hallett

  • Costs of illness and care in Parkinson's Disease: An evaluation in six countries

    Sonja von Campenhausen;Sonja von Campenhausen;Yaroslav Winter;Antonio Rodrigues e Silva;Christina Sampaio

  • Investigation of non-linear properties of multichannel EEG in the early stages of Parkinson's disease.

    Laurent Pezard;Robert Jech;Evžen Růžička

  • Speech Biomarkers in Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder and Parkinson Disease.

    Jan Rusz;Jan Rusz;Jan Hlavnička;Michal Novotný;Tereza Tykalová

  • Czech version of Rey Auditory Verbal Learning test: Normative data

    Ondrej Bezdicek;Hana Stepankova;Ladislav Moták;Bradley N. Axelrod

  • European Academy of Neurology/Movement Disorder Society ‐ European Section guideline on the treatment of Parkinson's disease: I. Invasive therapies

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  • Efficacy and safety of a standardised 500 unit dose of Dysport (clostridium botulinum toxin type A haemaglutinin complex) in a heterogeneous cervical dystonia population: results of a prospective, multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group study.

    J. Wissel;P. Kanovsky;E. Ruzicka;M. Bares

  • Diagnostic exome sequencing in early-onset Parkinson's disease confirms VPS13C as a rare cause of autosomal-recessive Parkinson's disease

    B. Schormair;D. Kemlink;B. Mollenhauer;O. Fiala

  • Safety and efficacy of perampanel in advanced Parkinson's disease: a randomized, placebo-controlled study.

    Karla Eggert;David Squillacote;Paolo Barone;Richard Dodel

  • Evaluation of speech impairment in early stages of Parkinson’s disease: a prospective study with the role of pharmacotherapy

    Jan Rusz;Jan Rusz;Roman Čmejla;Hana Růžičková;Jiří Klempíř

  • Quantitative assessment of motor speech abnormalities in idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder.

    Jan Rusz;Jan Rusz;Jan Hlavnička;Tereza Tykalová;Jitka Bušková

  • Bicycling breaks the ice for freezers of gait

    Anke H. Snijders;Anke H. Snijders;Ivan Toni;Ivan Toni;Evžen Ružička;Bastiaan R. Bloem

  • Screening for REM sleep behavior disorder in the general population.

    Jitka Bušková;Veronika Ibarburu;Karel Šonka;Evžen Růžička

  • Handedness does not predict side of onset of motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease.

    Jan Štochl;Knut A. Hagtvet;Hana Brožová;Jiří Klempíř

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Jech
Robert Jech Czech Education and Scientific Net work
Karsten Mueller
Karsten Mueller Max Planck Society
Matthias L. Schroeter
Matthias L. Schroeter Max Planck Society
Martin Bareš
Martin Bareš Masaryk University
Jan Stochl
Jan Stochl University of Cambridge
Irena Rektorová
Irena Rektorová Masaryk University
Bertrand Gaymard
Bertrand Gaymard Grenoble Alpes University
Tim M. Strom
Tim M. Strom Technical University of Munich
Bradley N. Axelrod
Bradley N. Axelrod United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Werner Poewe
Werner Poewe Innsbruck Medical University

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