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Parkinson’s disease

·March 30, 2012·3 min read

Biologists Identify a Key Enzyme Involved in Protecting Nerves From Degeneration

A new animal model of nerve injury has brought to light a critical role of an enzyme called Nmnat in...

·March 12, 2012·2 min read

Statin Use Appears Associated with Modest Reduction in Parkinson Disease Risk

Regular use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may be associated with a modest reduction in risk for developing Parkinson disease, particularly...

Neurology

·March 2, 2012·3 min read

Parkinson’s Disease Stopped in Animal Model

Molecular ‘tweezers’ break up toxic aggregations of proteins. Millions of people suffer from Parkinson’s disease, a disorder of the nervous...

Genetics

·February 9, 2012·2 min read

Scientists Identify Most Lethal Known Species of Prion Protein

Findings suggest new view of “mad cow” and other neurodegenerative diseases. Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research...

Genetics

·February 7, 2012·2 min read

Researchers Increase Understanding of Gene’s Potentially Protective Role in Parkinson’s

Treatments for Parkinson’s disease, estimated to affect 1 million Americans, have yet to prove effective in slowing the progression of...

Neurology

·February 6, 2012·2 min read

Increased Clumsiness in Former Welders

Welders who are exposed to manganese from welding fumes, risk developing increased clumsiness – and the result may remain decades...

Neurology

·January 12, 2012·3 min read

Brain Region Can Signal Early Stage Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias

Early changes to the inferior frontal junction observed in early dementias A key misplaced yet again? Unable to recall a...

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·December 12, 2011·3 min read

More Widespread Brain Atrophy Detected in Parkinson’s Disease with Newly Developed Structural Pattern

Hippocampal Atrophy Seen with Early Cognitive Decline in Parkinson’s Disease Atrophy in the hippocampus, the region of the brain known...

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·November 10, 2011·3 min read

Parkinsonian Worms May Hold the Key to Identifying Drugs for Parkinson’s Disease

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have devised a simple test, using dopamine-deficient worms, for identifying drugs that...

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·November 4, 2011·2 min read

Brain Parasite Directly Alters Brain Chemistry – T gondii Affects Dopamine

A research group from the University of Leeds has shown that infection by the brain parasite Toxoplasma gondii, found in...

Neurology

·August 22, 2011·4 min read

Major ALS Breakthrough – Common Cause of All Forms of ALS Discovered

Researchers discover common cause of all forms of ALS. The underlying disease process of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS and Lou Gehrig’s disease), a fatal neurodegenerative disease that paralyzes its victims, has long eluded scientists and prevented development of effective therapies. Scientists weren’t even sure all its forms actually converged into a common disease process.

Neurology

·June 24, 2011·2 min read