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Parkinson's trial aims to detect disease at much earlier stage

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Parkinson's & Movement disorders

Parkinson's trial aims to detect disease at much earlier stage

A large study jointly led by Queen Mary University of London and UCL aims to identify people at risk of developing Parkinson's, years before the condition is currently detected, with a view to treating and alleviating it ...

Mar 13, 2019

Neuroscience

Researchers explore link between metal exposure and Parkinson's symptoms

A new study from Iowa State University biomedical researchers illuminates the biological processes by which exposure to some metals can contribute to the onset of Parkinson's-like symptoms.

Mar 13, 2019

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Parkinson's treatment delivers a power-up to brain cell 'batteries'

Scientists have gained clues into how a Parkinson's disease treatment, called deep brain stimulation, helps tackle symptoms.

Mar 13, 2019

Parkinson's & Movement disorders

Researchers decode how cancer drug works in brains of Parkinson's disease patients

Laboratory analysis from the first arm of a phase II clinical trial testing the use of nilotinib in patients with Parkinson's disease demonstrates precisely how the agent increases levels of dopamine in the brains of study ...

Mar 12, 2019

Parkinson's & Movement disorders

Using sleep disorder to predict Parkinson's disease

A large multi-centre study of more than 1,200 patients provides important predictors of Parkinson's disease progression, which will allow better candidate selection for clinical trials and more effective therapy development.

Mar 04, 2019

Neuroscience

Exercise can improve non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease

Exercise has potential to improve non-motor as well as motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD), including cognitive function, report investigators in a review published in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease.

Mar 04, 2019

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Clinical trial test new treatment for Parkinson's disease dementia

After Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body dementia and related Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD) are some of the most common types of dementia affecting older adults, but they are severely understudied. While PDD patients are ...

Mar 04, 2019

Neuroscience

Lab study: Parkinson's researchers test a new approach against motor disorders

Scientists of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and the University Medical Center Goettingen (UMG) have been able to alleviate motor disorders in mice that resemble those seen in Parkinson's patients. ...

Feb 28, 2019

Parkinson's & Movement disorders

Pioneering trial offers hope for restoring brain cells damaged in Parkinson's

Results from a pioneering clinical trials programme that delivered an experimental treatment directly to the brain offer hope that it may be possible to restore the cells damaged in Parkinson's.

Feb 26, 2019

Neuroscience

A reward now or later? Exploring impulsivity in Parkinson's disease patients

Promises of food, sums of money or entertaining pastimes: it does not matter what the temptation is, a new study shows that patients suffering from Parkinson's disease who are treated with Deep Brain Stimulation of the subthalamic ...

Feb 26, 2019

Neuroscience

Altered brain activity patterns of Parkinson's captured in mice

The tell-tale tremors of Parkinson's disease emerge from abnormal activity in a brain region crucial for voluntary movement. Using a mouse model of the disease, researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology ...

Feb 19, 2019

Parkinson's & Movement disorders

Neuromelanin-sensitive MRI identified as a potential biomarker for psychosis

Researchers have shown that a type of magnetic resonance imaging—called neuromelanin-sensitive MRI (NM-MRI)—is a potential biomarker for psychosis. NM-MRI signal was found to be a marker of dopamine function in people ...

Feb 18, 2019

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Can we repair the brain? The promise of stem cell technologies for treating Parkinson's disease

Cell replacement may play an increasing role in alleviating the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) in future. Writing in a special supplement to the Journal of Parkinson's Disease, experts describe how newly developed ...

Feb 14, 2019

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Neuroscience

Intervening in glial cells protects neurons in Parkinson's model

Loss of dopaminergic neurons is a hallmark of Parkinson's disease pathology. When dopaminergic neurons are stressed, they send out a call for help to nearby glial cells that are tasked with providing neuronal support, protection ...

Feb 12, 2019

Parkinson's & Movement disorders

The search for the holy grail: Promising strategies for slowing, stopping, or reversing Parkinson's disease

Understanding of the processes involved in Parkinson's disease (PD) degeneration has vastly improved over the last 20 years. In this insightful review, published in the special supplement to the Journal of Parkinson's Disease, ...

Feb 12, 2019

Parkinson's & Movement disorders

The involvement of the gut in Parkinson's disease: hype or hope?

There is growing evidence that at least in some patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), the disease may begin in the gut. Writing in a special supplement to the Journal of Parkinson's Disease, experts explore the last two ...

Feb 07, 2019

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Voluntary control of brainwaves in deep brain of patients with Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease is associated with abnormal beta wave activity in the subthalamic nucleus (STN), but a direct connection between this activity and movement difficulties has not yet been established.

Feb 07, 2019

Parkinson's & Movement disorders

Experts propose revising the criteria for diagnosis of Parkinson's disease

In the past 25 years it has become clear that some symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) occur decades before the development of motor symptoms and clinical diagnosis, and that monitoring these emerging symptoms may provide ...

Feb 05, 2019

Parkinson's & Movement disorders

The search for environmental causes of Parkinson's disease moves forward

Environmental factors are widely believed to play a key role in the development of Parkinson's disease (PD), but little is known about specific environmental triggers. Writing in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease, scientists ...

Jan 31, 2019

Parkinson's & Movement disorders

Emerging evidence of an impending Parkinson's disease pandemic identified

For most of human history Parkinson's disease (PD) has been a rare disorder. However, demography and the by-products of industrialization a now contributing to an impending a Parkinson's pandemic, according to experts writing ...

Jan 29, 2019

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Parkinson's trial aims to detect disease at much earlier stage

Researchers explore link between metal exposure and Parkinson's symptoms

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