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·November 24, 2015·3 min read

The Role of Dopamine in Motivation and Learning

A new study suggests dopamine levels signal hoe valuable a current situation is regarding receiving a reward.

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·November 23, 2015·5 min read

Measuring Dopamine in Parkinsons Patient’s Gives Insight Into How We Learn

Researchers measure dopamine release during surgery in Parkinson's patients and identify how rapid dopamine release encodes information critical to learning and decision making.

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·November 16, 2015·3 min read

Moderate Coffee Drinking May Lower Risk of Premature Death

A new study reports people who drink 3-5 cups of coffee a day are less likely to die prematurely from some neurological disorders and other illnesses than those who don't drink coffee.

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·November 15, 2015·6 min read

Gene Therapy For Brain Disorders Delivered by Eye Drops

Researchers have developed a simplified approach for delivering and monitoring gene therapy for brain disorders.

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·November 13, 2015·7 min read

A New Tool For Diagnosing Parkinson’s Disease

Researchers have developed a new tool which they say will help with the treatment and diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, especially in the early stages.

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·November 10, 2015·4 min read

Sniffing Out Information on Dopamine Receptor Signaling

Researchers report arginine methylation regulates dopamine signaling in human cells.

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·November 9, 2015·4 min read

Parkinson’s Drug Could Help Save Sight

A new study reports L-DOPA may be able to delay or prevent macular degeneration associated with aging.

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·November 4, 2015·4 min read

Formation of New Blood Vessels May Account for Walking and Balance Problems in Parkinson’s

Researchers report the angiogenesis in the brain could be a cause of some of the intractable walking and balance difficulties associated with Parkinson's disease.

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·November 4, 2015·3 min read

Reducing Toxic Proteins in the Fight Against Dementia

New research aims to improve the disposal of toxic proteins in the fight against neurodegenerative diseases.

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·November 3, 2015·5 min read

Alzheimer’s May Be a Collection of Different Diseases That Should be Treated Separately

Researchers report Alzheimer's disease may actually be a collection of different disease that should be treated independently with different approaches.

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·October 20, 2015·5 min read

New Drug Delivery Technique Bypasses Blood-Brain Barrier

Researchers develop a new technique which allows drugs to be delivered across the blood-brain barrier.

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·October 19, 2015·2 min read

Blood Test to Detect Alzheimer’s Disease Close to Development

Researchers report they are nearing development of a blood test that will accurately detect Alzheimer's disease and give doctors the ability to intervene at the earliest stage of the disease.