From the Harvard University press release via MedicalXpress: A genetically-modified version of the rabies virus is helping scientists at Harvard to trace neural pathways in the brain, a research effort… Read more »
From the BioMed Central press release via EurekAlert!: Mutations in the LRRK2 gene are the most common cause of genetic Parkinson’s disease (PD). New research published in BioMed Central’s open… Read more »
From the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) press release via AlphaGalileo: Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have discovered exactly how cells called microglia detect the site of brain injury – a… Read more »
From the University of Bristol press release: Scientists at the University of Bristol have shed new light on one of the great unanswered questions of neuroscience: how the brain initiates… Read more »
From the University of Toronto press release via MedicalXPress: Many of us love massages, but imagine a massage so deep that tissues, organs and cells could also be ‘massaged’. That’s… Read more »
From the Mayo Clinic press release: People with symptoms suggesting rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder, or RBD, have twice the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Parkinson’s… Read more »
From the UCLA press release: Millions of people suffer from Parkinson’s disease, a disorder of the nervous system that affects movement and worsens over time. As the world’s population ages,… Read more »
From the Wiley-Blackwell press release via EurekAlert!: Some Parkinson’s Disease patients can suddenly become creative when they take dopamine therapy, producing pictures, sculptures, novels and poetry. But their new-found interests… Read more »
From the American Academy of Neurology via EurekAlert!: New research suggests weight training for two years significantly improves the motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease compared to other forms of exercise… Read more »
From the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa press release: Treatments for Parkinson’s disease, estimated to affect 1 million Americans, have yet to prove effective in slowing the progression of the… Read more »
