Dopamine, a neurotransmitter in our brains, not only regulates our emotions but also serves as a biomarker for the screening of certain cancers and other neurological conditions.
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A breakthrough in medical imaging is making it possible for researchers to observe brain activity during movement and pick up the early signs of disorders that affect brain-to-body coordination, such as Parkinson's disease.
Sep 5, 2024
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In 1817, a British physician named James Parkinson published An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, describing for the first time cases of a neurodegenerative disorder now known as Parkinson's disease. Today, Parkinson's disease ...
Aug 31, 2024
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Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a neurosurgical procedure that entails the implantation of electrodes in specific brain regions, to subsequently stimulate these regions via high frequency electric impulses. This procedure ...
Eating the seaweed Ecklonia cava may be able to slow down or prevent Parkinson's disease, according to a 2024 study.
Aug 23, 2024
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Northwestern Medicine investigators have uncovered a new way in which neurons in the brain "forget" associations that help guide behavior and habits, according to a study published in Cell Reports.
Aug 23, 2024
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Dementia with Lewy bodies is a type of dementia that is similar to both Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, but studies on long-term treatments are lacking. A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, published ...
Aug 23, 2024
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Contrary to previous research, a new study of female participants finds no link between migraine and the risk of developing Parkinson's disease. The study is published in the August 21, 2024 online issue of Neurology.
Aug 21, 2024
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An enzyme called PGK1 has an unexpectedly critical role in the production of chemical energy in brain cells, according to a preclinical study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. The investigators found that boosting ...
Aug 21, 2024
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Researchers at TAU's Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences invited the international community of machine learning researchers to participate in a contest devised to advance their study and assist neurologists: developing ...
Aug 19, 2024
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