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Ronald B. Postuma

Ronald B. Postuma

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Medicine

D-Index
93
Citations
44025
World Ranking
10690
National Ranking
425

Overview

Ronald B. Postuma is affiliated with McGill University in Canada. Their research output spans predominantly the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a particular focus on Neurology as a key subfield. Other notable subfields include Cognitive Neuroscience, Epidemiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Physiology.

The main topics of Ronald B. Postuma's research include:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Restless Legs Syndrome Research
  • Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications
  • Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
  • Sleep and related disorders

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • Neurology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Movement Disorders
  • SLEEP
  • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders

Notable recent papers by Ronald B. Postuma illustrate their focus on Parkinson's disease and related neurological conditions:

  • Research criteria for the diagnosis of prodromal dementia with Lewy bodies, 2020, Neurology
  • A biological classification of Parkinson's disease: the SynNeurGe research diagnostic criteria, 2024, The Lancet Neurology
  • Prodromal Parkinson disease subtypes - key to understanding heterogeneity, 2021, Nature Reviews Neurology
  • Trial of Prasinezumab in Early-Stage Parkinson's Disease, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Trial of Cinpanemab in Early Parkinson's Disease, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine

Collaborations are a significant component of their research career. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jacques Montplaisir
  • Amélie Pelletier
  • Bradley F. Boeve
  • Jean-François Gagnon
  • Isabelle Arnulf

Ronald B. Postuma's work integrates clinical and experimental approaches, contributing to the understanding of neurological disorders with a particular emphasis on Parkinson's disease subtypes, diagnostic criteria, and therapeutic trials. Their publication record includes a substantial number of contributions in high-impact medical journals relevant to neurology and movement disorders.

Best Publications

  • MDS clinical diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease

    Ronald B. Postuma;Daniela Berg;Matthew Stern;Werner Poewe

  • Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies Fourth consensus report of the DLB Consortium

    Ian G. McKeith;Bradley F. Boeve;Dennis W. DIckson;Glenda Halliday

  • MDS research criteria for prodromal Parkinson's disease

    Daniela Berg;Ronald B. Postuma;Charles H. Adler;Bastiaan R. Bloem

  • Risk and predictors of dementia and parkinsonism in idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder: a multicentre study

    Ronald B Postuma;Alex Iranzo;Michele Hu;Birgit Högl

  • Quantifying the risk of neurodegenerative disease in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder

    R. B. Postuma;J. F. Gagnon;M. Vendette;M. L. Fantini

  • Past, present, and future of Parkinson's disease: A special essay on the 200th Anniversary of the Shaking Palsy

    J.A. Obeso;M. Stamelou;M. Stamelou;C.G. Goetz;W. Poewe

  • Research criteria for the diagnosis of prodromal dementia with Lewy bodies

    Ian G. McKeith;Tanis J. Ferman;Alan J. Thomas;Frédéric Blanc

  • Basal Ganglia Functional Connectivity Based on a Meta-Analysis of 126 Positron Emission Tomography and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Publications

    Ronald B. Postuma;Alain Dagher

  • Identifying prodromal Parkinson's disease: Pre-Motor disorders in Parkinson's disease

    Ronald B. Postuma;Dag Aarsland;Paolo Barone;David J. Burn

  • Clinical criteria for subtyping Parkinson’s disease: biomarkers and longitudinal progression

    Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad;Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad;Yashar Zeighami;Alain Dagher;Ronald B Postuma

  • New Clinical Subtypes of Parkinson Disease and Their Longitudinal Progression: A Prospective Cohort Comparison With Other Phenotypes

    Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad;Silvia Rios Romenets;Julius B. M. Anang;Véronique Latreille

  • Update of the MDS research criteria for prodromal Parkinson's disease.

    Sebastian Heinzel;Daniela Berg;Daniela Berg;Thomas Gasser;Honglei Chen

  • Time to redefine PD? Introductory statement of the MDS Task Force on the definition of Parkinson's disease

    Daniela Berg;Ronald B. Postuma;Bastiaan Bloem;Piu Chan

  • REM sleep behaviour disorder.

    Yves Dauvilliers;Carlos H. Schenck;Ronald B. Postuma;Alex Iranzo

  • Rapid-eye-movement sleep behaviour disorder and neurodegenerative diseases

    Jean-François Gagnon;Ronald B Postuma;Ronald B Postuma;Stéphanie Mazza;Julien Doyon

  • Potential early markers of Parkinson disease in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder

    Ronald B. Postuma;Anthony E. Lang;Jessica Massicotte-Marquez;Jacques Montplaisir

  • Parkinson risk in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder: Preparing for neuroprotective trials

    Ronald B. Postuma;Jean Francois Gagnon;Josie Anne Bertrand;Daphné Génier Marchand

  • Predictors of dementia in Parkinson disease: a prospective cohort study.

    Julius B.M. Anang;Jean-Francois Gagnon;Josie-Anne Bertrand;Silvia Rios Romenets

  • Neural bases of set-shifting deficits in Parkinson's disease.

    Oury Monchi;Michael Petrides;Julien Doyon;Ronald B. Postuma

  • Advances in markers of prodromal Parkinson disease.

    Ronald B. Postuma;Daniela Berg

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacques Montplaisir
Jacques Montplaisir University of Montreal
Ziv Gan-Or
Ziv Gan-Or McGill University
Yves Dauvilliers
Yves Dauvilliers University of Montpellier
Birgit Högl
Birgit Högl Innsbruck Medical University
Daniela Berg
Daniela Berg University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
Guy A. Rouleau
Guy A. Rouleau Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Isabelle Arnulf
Isabelle Arnulf Sorbonne University
Anthony E. Lang
Anthony E. Lang University of Toronto
Wolfgang H. Oertel
Wolfgang H. Oertel Philipp University of Marburg
Luigi Ferini-Strambi
Luigi Ferini-Strambi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

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