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·December 4, 2018·5 min read

A Toxin That Travels From Stomach to Brain May Trigger Parkinson’s

A new study reports the combination of a toxic herbicide and lectins may trigger Parkinsonism after the toxins travel from the stomach to the brain.

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·September 12, 2018·6 min read

ADHD May Increase Parkinson’s Risk

A new study reports those with ADHD are at an increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease. The study reveals people with ADHD are twice as likely to develop early onset Parkinson's between the ages of 21-66. Additionally, those who are prescribed stimulant medications to help reduce ADHD symptoms, including Ritalin and Adderal, are at a 6-8 times increased risk of developing Parkinson's.

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·September 22, 2022·3 min read

Aged Neurons Generated Directly From Skin More Accurately Model Parkinson’s Disease

Researchers successfully turned skin cells from Parkinson's patients into dopaminergic neurons by introducing a combination of neural-inducing genes into the skin cells.

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·July 17, 2019·5 min read

Bacterial intestinal infections may trigger Parkinson’s disease

Mice infected with bacteria that cause mild intestinal infections exhibited Parkinson's like symptoms later in life. The findings provide a pathophysiological model in which intestinal infections may act as a trigger for Parkinson's disease.

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·February 15, 2019·4 min read

Brain Discovery Explains A Great Mystery of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

Researchers may have solved one of the great mysteries of neuroscience; namely, why neurons in the temporal lobe are the first to die in Alzheimer's disease, and why dopaminergic neurons are damaged first in Parkinson's.

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·January 4, 2018·4 min read

Brain Stem Changes Identified in Parkinson’s

A new study reveals Parkinson's patients have more copies of mitochondrial DNA in the brain stem, leading to increased cell death within that area.

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·February 15, 2019·5 min read

Can We Repair the Brain? Using Stem Cells to Treat Parkinson’s

Researchers report on how new advances in stem cell biology and genetic engineering could be beneficial in developing new treatments for Parkinson's disease.

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·May 10, 2017·4 min read

Cells in Fly Brains Responsible For Regulating Protein Levels Identified

Researchers may be able to affect what fruit flies eat by controlling neurons that regulate protein hunger.

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·May 11, 2022·7 min read

Designer Neurons Offer New Hope for Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease

Researchers have designed a new method of converting non-neural cells into functioning neurons that are able to form synapses, dispense dopamine, and restore the function of neurons undermined by Parkinson's associated destruction of dopaminergic cells.

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·July 18, 2012·3 min read

Dopamine: A Substance with Many Messages

Researchers recently localised and identified the most important types of nerve cells involved in forming positive and negative memories of a fruit fly. All four nerve cell types they discovered use dopamine to communicate with other nerve cells. Three of the nerve cell types assume various functions in mediating negative stimuli, while the fourth enables the fly to form positive memories.

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·November 3, 2017·7 min read

Electron Microscopy Uncovers Unexpected Connections in Fruit Fly Brain

Microscopy technology allows researchers to discover new connections in brain areas associated with memory and learning in fruit flies.

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·March 29, 2021·4 min read

Experimental Antibodies for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s May Cause Harmful Inflammation

A new study reveals some experimental antibody treatments for neurodegenerative disorders increase neuroinflammation. The effect was seen in human microglia, not mouse microglia. This may explain why mouse studies have shown these treatments to be effective, but the effect has not been replicated in human studies.

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dopaminergic neurons

A Toxin That Travels From Stomach to Brain May Trigger Parkinson’s

ADHD May Increase Parkinson’s Risk

Aged Neurons Generated Directly From Skin More Accurately Model Parkinson’s Disease

Bacterial intestinal infections may trigger Parkinson’s disease

Brain Discovery Explains A Great Mystery of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

Brain Stem Changes Identified in Parkinson’s

Can We Repair the Brain? Using Stem Cells to Treat Parkinson’s

Cells in Fly Brains Responsible For Regulating Protein Levels Identified

Designer Neurons Offer New Hope for Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease

Dopamine: A Substance with Many Messages

Electron Microscopy Uncovers Unexpected Connections in Fruit Fly Brain

Experimental Antibodies for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s May Cause Harmful Inflammation

Lactobacillus Bacteria May Guard Against Anxiety and Depression

Stickleback Fish Reveal Insights into Animal Decision-Making

AI-Enhanced Imaging: Probing Brain’s Visual Processing

High ‘Good Cholesterol’ Linked to Dementia Risk

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