News tagged with parkinson s disease
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Breaking down the Parkinson's pathway: How affected brain cells respond during different behavioral tasks
The key hallmark of Parkinson's disease is a slowdown of movement caused by a cutoff in the supply of dopamine to the brain region responsible for coordinating movement. While scientists have understood this ...
Neuroscience
Mar 13, 2013 |
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Simple blood test diagnoses Parkinson's disease long before symptoms appear
A new research report appearing in the December issue of the FASEB Journal shows how scientists from the United Kingdom have developed a simple blood test to detect Parkinson's disease even at the earliest stages. The te ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 30, 2011 |
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New mouse model may lead to new therapies for degenerative diseases
Most degenerative diseases begin with a gradual loss of specific cell types that progresses, eventually leading to symptoms. For example, in type I diabetes, hyperglycemia commonly develops when approximately 80 percent of ...
Medical research
May 16, 2011 |
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Stem cells reverse disease in a model of Parkinson's disease
In a new study to be published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers compared the ability of cells derived from different types of human stem cell to reverse disease in a rat model of Parkinson disease and id ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 16, 2011 |
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High risk of Parkinson's disease for people exposed to pesticides near workplace
In April 2009, researchers at UCLA announced they had discovered a link between Parkinson's disease and two chemicals commonly sprayed on crops to fight pests.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 26, 2011 |
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Discovery offers molecular insights into link between Parkinson's and pesticides
In a new article published in the journal Molecular Neurodegeneration, researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine take some of the first steps toward unraveling the molecular dysfunction that o ...
Neuroscience
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Stem cell study offers hope for Parkinson's patients
Scientists have for the first time generated stem cells from one of the most rapidly progressing forms of Parkinson's disease.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 23, 2011 |
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Study finds genetic variation that protects against Parkinson's disease
An international team of researchers led by neuroscientists at Mayo Clinic in Florida has found a genetic variation they say protects against Parkinson's disease. The gene variants cut the risk of developing the disease by ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Aug 31, 2011 |
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FDA panel unanimously votes down Parkinson's drug
A panel of federal medical specialists has unanimously voted that a drug for Parkinson's disease from Teva Pharmaceuticals has not been shown to slow progress of the debilitating neurological disease.
Medications
Oct 17, 2011 |
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Computer games help people with Parkinson's disease
Playing computer-based physical therapy games can help people with Parkinson's disease improve their gait and balance, according to a new pilot study led by the UCSF School of Nursing and Red Hill Studios, a California serious ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Research targets brain region affected by Parkinson's
A team of researchers at The University of Western Ontario has demonstrated that elimination of one of the neurotransmitters in the part of the brain associated with Parkinson's disease may improve brain function without ...
Neuroscience
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Why do neurons die in Parkinson's disease?
Current thinking about Parkinson's disease is that it's a disorder of mitochondria, the energy-producing organelles inside cells, causing neurons in the brain's substantia nigra to die or become impaired. A study from Children's ...
Medical research
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Genetic factors can predict the progression of Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease is marked by the abnormal accumulation of α-synuclein and the early loss of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra region of the brain. A polymorphism in the promotor of α-synuclein gene known ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Dec 16, 2011 |
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New findings about the prion protein and its interaction with the immune system
(Medical Xpress) -- Scrapie is a neurodegenerative disease which can function as a model for other diseases caused by an accumulation of proteins resulting in tissue malformations (proteinpathies), such as ...
Immunology
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Parkinson's treatment shows positive results in clinical testing
Researchers from the University of Florida and 14 additional medical centers reported results today in the online version of The Lancet Neurology journal indicating that deep brain stimulation — also known as DBS &# ...
Neuroscience
Jan 11, 2012 |
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