Computational approaches for understanding the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson's disease

Autor: Jane E. Alty, Amy Cording, Richard Maguire, Diana Ivanoiu, Christopher J. H. Elliott, Camille Lyle, Michael A. Lones, Mary Elizabeth Pownall, Jeremy Cosgrove, Matthew Bedder, Stephen L. Smith
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: IET Systems Biology. 9:226-233
ISSN: 1751-8857
1751-8849
DOI: 10.1049/iet-syb.2015.0030
Popis: This study describes how the application of evolutionary algorithms (EAs) can be used to study motor function in humans with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and in animal models of PD. Human data is obtained using commercially available sensors via a range of non-invasive procedures that follow conventional clinical practice. EAs can then be used to classify human data for a range of uses, including diagnosis and disease monitoring. New results are presented that demonstrate how EAs can also be used to classify fruit flies with and without genetic mutations that cause Parkinson’s by using measurements of the proboscis extension reflex. The case is made for a computational approach that can be applied across human and animal studies of PD and lays the way for evaluation of existing and new drug therapies in a truly objective way.
Databáze: OpenAIRE