The Evolutionary Roots of Human Brain Diseases

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Nico J. Diederich MD is Adjunct Professor of Neurology at the University of Cologne Germany and a Consultant in Neurology at the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg. His research and clinical work focus on movement disorders particularly Parkinson's disease (PD) from visual deficits to sleep syndromes or dysautonomia. Martin Brüne MD is Professor of Psychiatry and Head of the Division of Social Neuropsychiatry and Evolutionary Medicine at the LWL University-Hospital Ruhr-University Bochum Germany. He was previously a Visiting Research Scientist at the Centre for the Mind a joint venture of the Australian National University and University of Sydney. Katrin Amunts PhD is Professor Director of the C. and O. Vogt Institute for Brain Research HHU Duesseldorf and of the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1) Research Center Juelich. Since 2023 she holds the position of Joint CEO of the non-profit EBRAINS AISBL. Christopher G. Goetz MD is Professor of Neurological Sciences and Pharmacology at Rush Medical College USA and oversees Research Development and Strategic Planning for the Parkinson and Movement Disorder Program. His research specialties are in pharmacology neurochemistry clinimetrics and statistical modelling. He is past President of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society and past Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Movement Disorders.