Nervous System Diseases: News and Research on Parkinson Disease

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Smelling Parkinson's: From discovery to skin swab test

A retired nurse who noticed that people with Parkinson's had a distinct odor inspired Manchester scientists to explore changes in molecules on the skin's surface. Using a simple skin swab, they can detect about 15,000 molecular ...

A gut microbe shields mice from Parkinson's-like brain damage

Parkinson's disease is usually thought of as a brain disease, but many patients notice gut trouble—constipation above all—years or even decades before their hands begin to tremble. That timing has led researchers to ask whether ...

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