Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Is There a Relationship Between Freezing and Executive Function In People Living with Parkinson's Disease?

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Year: 2026, 2026

Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

Name(s): Creator (cre): Steinke, Leah Jade, Thesis advisor (ths): Brown, Liana E, Degree committee member (dgc): Paquette, Sebastien, Degree committee member (dgc): Henriques, Denise, Degree committee member (dgc): Fournier, Neil, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University

Abstract: <p>Freezing is a debilitating phenomenon that reduces quality of life for people withParkinson's disease (PwPD). This study tests the hypothesis that: 1) freezing is linked to
executive dysfunction; 2) freezing is a global motor phenomenon, not limited to gait. We
compared 14 PwPD to 16 controls. Several aspects of executive function were measured
using pro- and anti-saccade tasks… more

Changes in Pain Sensitivity in the Amygdala Kindling Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

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Year: 2025, 2025

Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

Name(s): Creator (cre): Xiao, Evana, Thesis advisor (ths): Fournier, Neil M, Degree committee member (dgc): Paquette, Sebastien, Degree committee member (dgc): Dotta, Blake, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University

Abstract: <p>Pain conditions occur at an increasing rate alongside people with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and can include chronic headaches, migraines, and neuropathic pain. In order to begin to understand the concurrence, this experiment aimed to investigate the effect of long-term amygdala kindling, a model of TLE, on the affective and nociceptive components of pain in rats. Formalin-induced… more