COVID-19 infection may be part of a ‘perfect storm’ for Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Courtesy of Trends in Neurosciences GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Oct. 22, 2020) -- Can COVID-19 infection increase the risk of ...
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Diagnosing Parkinson’s disease with skin samples could lead to earlier detection
Credit: Iowa State University News Service AMES, Iowa - New research shows a simple skin test can accurately identify Parkinson's ...
Gut bacteria could be responsible for side effect of Parkinson’s drug
Credit: University of Groningen Bacteria in the small intestine can deaminate levodopa, the main drug that is used to treat ...
New study may reveal link to lipids playing a key role in Parkinson’s disease
Possible first step in discovering and developing potential new Parkinson's disease therapiesCredit: McLean Hospital In a novel research study conducted ...
Goethe University partner in US$ 7.2 million research project on Parkinson’s disease
Three-year German-American project studies biology of LRRK2Credit: Uwe Dettmar for Goethe University Frankfurt In the early 2000s, it was discovered ...
New study highlights links between inflammation and Parkinson’s disease
Luxembourg research on Parkinson's diseaseCredit: ©University Of Luxembourg Around 15% of Parkinson's disease cases are related to a known genetic ...
Getting the full scope
Pitt's Takashi K-Y Kozai will use a $3M NIH award to harness state-of-the-art imaging and guide the use of neural ...
Scientists find neurochemicals have unexpectedly profound roles in the human brain
Dopamine, serotonin involved in sub-second perception, cognitionCredit: Virginia Tech In first-of-their-kind observations in the human brain, an international team of ...
Improved mobility in frail and elderly adults linked to common gene variant
Credit: Ric Evans/University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Oct. 12, 2020 - Variations in a gene that regulates dopamine levels in the ...
Spinal cord stimulation reduces pain and motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease patients
In study, 15 patients with long-term PD and chronic pain and mobility impairment showed improvements across multiple measuresCredit: UC San ...
Stem cells can repair Parkinson’s-damaged circuits in mouse brains
Credit: UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- The mature brain is infamously bad at repairing itself following damage like that caused by ...
Persons with Parkinson’s disease can have a brighter future
In this supplement to the Journal of Parkinson's disease experts review management strategies that can help improve quality of life ...
Decreased protein degradation in cerebellum leads to motor dysfunction
Progress in overcoming spinocerebellar ataxia, an intractable genetic diseaseCredit: Associate Professor Takahiro Seki A research team from Kumamoto University, Japan ...
Scientists to explore new frontiers in Parkinson’s disease research with $7.2M grant
Aligning science across Parkinson's initiative supports international project aiming to unravel the biology of a gene linked to Parkinson's diseaseCredit: ...
Singapore start-up plans clinical trial of a single daily pill for Parkinson’s disease
Credit: NTU Singapore Materials scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new pill which uses the ...
Exercise protocol mitigates one of the most incapacitating symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
Brazilian researchers use complex training program to stimulate different motor and cognitive skills simultaneously and restore brain regions associated with ...
Parkinson’s patient skin samples provide clues to disease mechanism and clinical test
Credit: Eleanor Coffey In a recently published study, researchers from the Turku Bioscience Centre at the University of Turku and ...
Creating diamond devices to detect Parkinson’s early
Credit: Wen Li Engineers from Michigan State University have secured $3.4 million in grants to develop diamond implants that could ...
Stem cell research delivers new points of attack against Parkinson’s disease
In a seven-year research effort, an international team of scientists has clarified the cause for certain genetic forms of Parkinson's ...
Levodopa may improve vision in patients with macular degeneration
The widely used and well-tolerated drug commonly used to treat Parkinson's disease may help significantly reduce the need for more ...
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