Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- 1. Participants must meet the Movement Disorders Society (MDS) diagnostic criteria for clinically established Parkinson disease.
- 2. Able to provide signed informed consent (in English or Spanish)
- 3. Mild, moderate, or severe Parkinson disease, able to ambulate (Hoehn and Yahr stages I-IV)
- 4. Taking instant release oral carbidopa/levodopa therapy
- 5. Either not taking, or on stable doses of any of the following antiparkinsonian medications: dopamine agonists, monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) inhibitors or catecholamine O-methyl transferase (COMT) inhibitors
Exclusion Criteria:
- 1. Other neurological conditions including but not limited to stroke, dementia (including Parkinson disease dementia), or traumatic brain injury
- 2. Co-existent major psychiatric disease
- 3. Uncontrolled, active medical conditions (e.g., heart, kidney, or liver failure, diabetes, etc.)
- 4. Status post deep brain stimulation (DBS) device placement
- 5. Any other condition, that in the opinion of the investigators, would place the participant at risk.
Ages Eligible for Study:
40 Years to 85 Years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No