Study Describes New Models for Testing Parkinson’s Disease Immune Based Drugs Researchers demonstrate immunotherapy with specifically targeted antibodies could block the development and spread of Parkinson's disease pathology in the brain.
MRI Brain Scans Detect People with Early Parkinson’s Researchers have developed a simple MRI technique which could help with early diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.
Neurons Transplanted into Parkinson’s Affected Brains Appear Healthy After 14 Years Transplanted dopamine neurons from fetal tissues remained healthy in the brains of people with Parkinson's disease for 14 years.
Functional Nerve Cells from Skin Cells Researchers develop a new method of generating neurons from skin cells.
Human Learning Altered by Electrical Stimulation of Dopamine Neurons Human reinforcement learning was modified by deep brain stimulation of substantia nigra dopamine containing neurons.
Tell-Tail MRI Image Diagnosis for Parkinson’s Disease A new neuroimaging study identifies a 'swallow tail' like appearance in the substantia nigra as an early sign of Parkinson's disease.
Researchers Push New Parkinson’s Treatment Toward Clinical Trials CLR01 protein prevents aggregation by speeding up configuration. The finding could help develop new treatment options for Parkinson's disease.
Online Registry Aims to Drive Brain Disease Research The Brain Health Registry promises to cut the time and costs of conducting clinical trails for neurological diseases. The online project, led by UCSF, will help researchers to analyze and track the brain functions of thousands of volunteers over time.
Too Much Protein May Kill Brain Cells as Parkinson’s Progresses Researchers discover how the most common genetic cause of PD kills neurons. The findings could assist in monitoring the disease progression and provide new treatment options.
Google Glass Puts the Focus on Parkinson’s Researchers are investigating Google Glass as an aid to help people with PD retain their independence for longer.
What Songbirds Tell Us About How We Learn According to new research, the basal ganglia plays an important role for vocal learning across different species.
Bioengineer Studying How the Brain Controls Movement Researchers use computer technology to help understand how the brain circuitry controls movement.
Uncovering the Underlying Causes of Parkinson’s Disease Researchers believe they have found evidence that an imbalance of dopamine and iron in the SNc is the root cause of PD.
New Parkinson’s Disease Chemical Messenger Discovered Researchers identify a new chemical messenger that is critical for protecting the brain against PD.
New Probes Quantify Folded and Misfolded Protein Levels in Cells A new probe which allows researchers to quantify folded and misfolded protein levels in a cell could help pave the way for drug treatments for misfolding diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.
