Finding Brings Scientists One Step Closer to Parkinson’s Drug
Long-term aim is to develop new treatments to block the spread of damaged proteins in the brain. Van Andel Institute announces that researchers at Lund University in Sweden have published a study detailing how Parkinson’s disease spreads through the brain. Experiments in rat models uncover a process previously used to explain mad cow disease, in [...]
Drinking Alcohol Shrinks Critical Brain Regions in Genetically Vulnerable Mice
New evidence that receptors for brain’s ‘reward’ chemical provide protection. Brain scans of two strains of mice imbibing significant quantities of alcohol reveal serious shrinkage in some brain regions — but only in mice lacking a particular type of receptor for dopamine, the brain’s “reward” chemical. The study, conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy’s [...]
