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A recently published study found that a tiny protein called PNA5 appears to have a protective effect on brain cells, which could lead to treatments for the cognitive symptoms of Parkinson's disease and related disorders.Thursday, November 14, 2024 from News-Medical.Net Parkinsons Disease News Feed
A multitude of genes have been linked to the development of Alzheimer's disease. Specifically how those genes might influence the progression of neurodegeneration remains something of a black box though, in part because of the challenges...Thursday, November 14, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Parkinson's Research News
Researchers have linked disease-related proteins and genes to identify specific cellular pathways responsible for Alzheimer's genesis and progression. The proteins were gathered from cerebrospinal fluid and are a good proxy for activity...Wednesday, November 13, 2024 from News-Medical.Net Parkinsons Disease News Feed
The study, published today in JAMA Network Open, tracked patients hospitalized for hip fractures in Victoria, Australia from March 2013 through June 2018, who had used gabapentinoids before the injury.Tuesday, November 12, 2024 from News-Medical.Net Parkinsons Disease News Feed
A team of researchers from the University of Barcelona and the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) has identified a potential biomarker of Parkinson's disease progression.Tuesday, November 12, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers targeting a group of hereditary neurodegenerative diseases have found success using a gene therapy treatment in an animal model. The approach, which uses CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology,...Tuesday, November 12, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) discovered a new factor in the pathology of Parkinson's disease, which in the future may serve as a target for developing new treatments for this terrible ailment, affecting close to 10 million...Tuesday, November 12, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Parkinson's Research News
Researchers have identified a potential biomarker of Parkinson's disease progression. According to the new study, patients with a slow progression of the pathology would have a significant increase in the levels of a molecule called...Tuesday, November 12, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
A team of researchers from the University of Barcelona and the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) has identified a potential biomarker of Parkinson's disease progression. According to the study, published in npj...Friday, November 8, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
Approximately 5,000 people in the U.S. develop amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) each year. On average, they survive for only two to five years after being diagnosed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Friday, November 8, 2024 from News-Medical.Net Parkinsons Disease News Feed
Zizyphi spinosi semen demonstrates neuroprotective effects, improving cognitive function and reducing amyloid and tau pathology in models of aging and dementia.Wednesday, November 6, 2024 from News-Medical.Net Parkinsons Disease News Feed
Why do mice have tails? The answer to this is not as simple as you might think. New research from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) has shown that there's more to the humble mouse tail than previously assumed.Wednesday, November 6, 2024 from News-Medical.Net Parkinsons Disease News Feed
Attempts to discover a breakthrough dementia drug might be drawing attention these days, but traditional medicinal products can offer hints for preventive medicine.Monday, November 4, 2024 from News-Medical.Net Parkinsons Disease News Feed
More than 25 payloads sponsored by the International Space Station (ISSInternational Space Station) National Laboratory, including technology demonstrations, in-space manufacturing, student experiments, and multiple projects funded by...Sunday, November 3, 2024 from News-Medical.Net Parkinsons Disease News Feed
Brain disorders like Parkinson's (PD) or Alzheimer's Disease (AD) start to develop in patients much earlier than when their first clinical symptoms appear. Treating patients at these early stages could slow or even stop their disease,...Friday, November 1, 2024 from News-Medical.Net Parkinsons Disease News Feed
A team of researchers at Kumamoto University has uncovered a groundbreaking mechanism in the formation of harmful protein aggregates that lead to neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's Disease.Friday, November 1, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
Scientists at Northwestern and Case Western Reserve universities have developed the first polymer-based therapeutic for Huntington's disease, an incurable, debilitating illness that causes nerve cells to break down in the brain.Friday, November 1, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Parkinson's Research News
A team of researchers has uncovered a groundbreaking mechanism in the formation of harmful protein aggregates that lead to neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's Disease. The team, led by Professor Norifumi Shioda and Associate...Friday, November 1, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
Brain disorders like Parkinson's disease (PD) or Alzheimer's disease (AD) start to develop in patients much earlier than when their first clinical symptoms appear. Treating patients at these early stages could slow or even stop their...Friday, November 1, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
A team of researchers at Kumamoto University has uncovered a mechanism in the formation of harmful protein aggregates that lead to neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease.Friday, November 1, 2024 from News-Medical.Net Parkinsons Disease News Feed
Rapid side-to-side eye movements can help stabilize posture, avoid falls and maintain balance for people with Parkinson's disease, just as they can for healthy people. This seemingly counterintuitive conclusion was reached by researchers...Thursday, October 31, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
Using sequencing techniques, researchers associated 51 mutations in mitochondrial DNA with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), an incurable degenerative neurological disorder that leads to muscle atrophy and paralysis. Thirteen of the...Thursday, October 31, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
A drug commonly used to treat glaucoma has been shown in zebrafish and mice to protect against the build-up in the brain of the protein tau, which causes various forms of dementia and is implicated in Alzheimer's disease.Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
Rapid side-to-side eye movements can help stabilize posture, avoid falls and maintain balance for people with Parkinson's disease, just as they can for healthy people. This seemingly counterintuitive conclusion was reached by researchers...Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Parkinson's Research News
The amount of money people pay out-of-pocket for branded drugs to treat neurological diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's disease continues to rise, especially for MS drugs, according to a new study. The...Monday, October 28, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
Researchers from the University of Oxford have identified a key biochemical mechanism relevant to the development of Huntington's disease. This discovery opens up the possibility of studying the disease before its clinical onset and...Saturday, October 26, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
The human brain is a marvel of complexity. It contains specialized and interconnected structures controlling our thoughts, personality and behavior.Thursday, October 24, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
A new mouse model mimicking the liver symptoms of myotonic dystrophy type 1—the most prevalent form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy—provides insight into why patients develop fatty liver disease and display hypersensitivity to...Wednesday, October 23, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Parkinson's Research News
Research highlights a complex relationship between bacteria in the digestive tract and brain health.Wednesday, October 23, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
A Rutgers Health study has found that people who took multiple courses of penicillin antibiotics had a modestly lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease, a surprising finding that researchers say highlights the complex relationship...Wednesday, October 23, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved AbbVie's Vyalev (foscarbidopa and foslevodopa) for adults living with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD).Wednesday, October 23, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
Oregon Health & Science University-led researchers have found a correlative link between hearing loss and the development of Parkinson's disease (PD). They find the risk of PD rises somewhat with the severity of hearing loss, and...Monday, October 21, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
In one of the largest-ever studies of DNA and brain volume, researchers have identified 254 genetic variants that shape key structures in the "deep brain," including those that control memory, motor skills, addictive behaviors and more....Monday, October 21, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
A Phase 3 clinical trial investigating Elevidys (delandistrogene moxeparvovec), a gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, did not achieve its primary endpoint, according to findings published in Nature Medicine. A News and Views...Thursday, October 17, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Parkinson's Research News
Neuroscientists have uncovered a mechanism that controls the reactivation of neural stem cells, which are crucial for repairing and regenerating brain cells. The research offers exciting potential for advancing our understanding and...Wednesday, October 16, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
The chemical messenger dopamine is an essential catalyst that fuels activities and behaviors ranging from movement to cognition and learning. However, neuroscientists have long debated whether these functions rely on rapid bursts of...Wednesday, October 16, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
It's well known that Parkinson's disease can impair a person's ability to perform movements like grabbing a coffee cup, with one side of the body often more affected. But a recent study published in Brain and Cognition by University of...Tuesday, October 15, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
A team of researchers has identified a promising therapy based on antimiRs to treat myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), a complex genetic disorder caused by an abnormally high number of CTG repeats (a specific type of RNA sequence) in the...Monday, October 14, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
A toxic version of a certain protein may affect brain, spinal cord and skeletal muscle tissues differently, leading to the complex development and progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a new study by a team of...Monday, October 14, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
Lewy body dementia (LBD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that shares traits with both Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease but can be more difficult to diagnose. Symptoms can include hallucinations, movement disorders,...Friday, October 11, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
A research team has published a randomized clinical trial demonstrating for the first time that a multidisciplinary approach integrating specific physiotherapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy is effective in improving the symptoms and...Thursday, October 10, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Parkinson's Research News
A new technology enables the control of specific brain circuits non-invasively with magnetic fields, according to a preclinical study. The technology holds promise as a powerful tool for studying the brain and as the basis for future...Tuesday, October 8, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Parkinson's Research News
Scientists have recreated the growth of Lewy bodies in human neurons and followed their formation to gain important insight into why and how they form. Critically, they find that immune challenge is important for this process,...Tuesday, October 8, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
Lewy bodies are a hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD) and other related neurological conditions. Understanding why and how they develop is critical to developing better treatments.Friday, October 4, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Parkinson's Research News
A research team has revealed that a molecule in the brain -- ophthalmic acid -- unexpectedly acts like a neurotransmitter similar to dopamine in regulating motor function, offering a new therapeutic target for Parkinson's and other...Friday, October 4, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
A research team from the University of California, Irvine is the first to reveal that a molecule in the brain—ophthalmic acid—unexpectedly acts like a neurotransmitter similar to dopamine in regulating motor function, offering a new...Wednesday, October 2, 2024 from Parkinson's Disease New Links: MedlinePlus RSS Feed
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Reduced brain activity responding to unpredicted visual changes is a marker of psychosis in Parkinson's disease and a potential therapeutic target. Researchers at the IoPPN used electroencephalography (EEG) to observe participant's brain...Friday, September 27, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Parkinson's Research News
Listening to people with Parkinson's disease made an automatic speech recognizer 30-percent more accurate, according to a new study.Friday, September 27, 2024 from Medical Xpress - Parkinson's & Movement disorders News
As Mark Hasegawa-Johnson combed through data from his latest project, he was pleasantly surprised to uncover a recipe for Eggs Florentine. Sifting through hundreds of hours of recorded speech will unearth a treasure or two, he said.