Neuroscience
Newly discovered trigger of Parkinson's upends common beliefs
A new Northwestern Medicine study challenges a common belief in what triggers Parkinson's disease.
Sep 15, 2023
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News tagged with motor symptoms
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Gut bacteria could guard against Parkinson's, study finds
A common bacteria that boosts digestive health can slow—and even reverse—build-up of a protein associated with Parkinson's, new research suggests.
Jan 14, 2020
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Neuroscience
Can a healthy diet reduce risk of Parkinson's?
While movement problems are the main symptoms of Parkinson's disease, people with the disease often have non-motor symptoms such as constipation, daytime sleepiness and depression 10 or more years before the movement problems ...
Aug 19, 2020
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Neuroscience
Vaccines and functional neurological disorder: A complex story, say experts
Videos of people experiencing severe neurological symptoms, including convulsions and difficulty walking, purportedly after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, have surfaced on Facebook, YouTube and other social media channels. ...
Apr 9, 2021
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Spotting Parkinson's disease through AI
Tracking wearable sensors, filming the patients performing routine exercises, or examining their handwriting—which is better for Parkinson's detection? Researchers at Skoltech performed a comparative study of these three ...
Jul 14, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Brain scans help unravel the neurobiology of functional neurological (conversion) disorder
An investigation led by a team of researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) departments of Neurology, Psychiatry and Radiology has found altered connectivity among brain regions that handle sensorimotor, emotional ...
Mar 12, 2019
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Neuroscience
Contact sports associated with Lewy body disease, Parkinson's disease symptoms, dementia
There is mounting evidence that repetitive head impacts from contact sports and other exposures are associated with the neurodegenerative disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and dementia. A new study suggests that ...
Jul 25, 2018
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Neuroscience
Stool transplant shows promise for Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease that affects millions worldwide. Now, a groundbreaking clinical study conducted by researchers at Ghent University Hospital, VIB, and Ghent University has demonstrated ...
Apr 4, 2024
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Addiction
Cannabis use can be prevented, reduced or delayed
Responding to rapidly shifting legal and cultural environments, researchers at the University of Montreal and CHU Sainte-Justine Children's Hospital have found a way to prevent, reduce or delay cannabis use amongst some at-risk ...
May 26, 2015
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
New method maps the dopamine system in Parkinson's patients
With the aid of a PET camera, researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a new method for investigating the dopamine system in the brains of patients suffering from Parkinson's disease. The method measures ...
Feb 14, 2018
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