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A recent study provides new insight into the relationship between the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine and decision-making processes. The scientists found that when dopamine is released, decisions are made faster, ...
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Tethered to a ceiling-mounted mobile harness to hold her steady, Linda Cherney moved deliberately around a small obstacle course in a laboratory on Oregon Health & Science University's Marquam Hill campus.
May 17, 2023
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An extended-release version of a Parkinson's disease drug could provide more stable relief for patients with the movement disorder, new clinical trial data show.
Apr 26, 2023
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For centuries, scientists have tried to crack the mystery of a devastating ailment once called "the shaking palsy." But Parkinson's disease, which causes tremors, muscle stiffness and difficulty walking, remains the second ...
Apr 21, 2023
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Dopamine, a brain chemical long associated with pleasure, motivation and reward-seeking, also appears to play an important role in why exercise and other physical efforts feel "easy" to some people and exhausting to others, ...
Apr 12, 2023
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Two proteins may be intimately linked to the progression of Parkinson's disease, a relentless and disabling neurodegenerative disorder that affects millions of people around the world.
An Emory University study published in Molecular Psychiatry shows levodopa, a drug that increases dopamine in the brain, has potential to reverse the effects of inflammation on brain reward circuitry, ultimately improving ...
Jan 27, 2023
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New research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham says the gut microbiome is involved in multiple pathways in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. The findings, published in Nature Communications, show a wide ...
Dec 1, 2022
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The epigenetic changes linked to Parkinson's disease—a nervous system disorder that afflicts nearly 1 million Americans—are different in men and women, according to a new Rutgers study published in npj Parkinson's Disease.
Oct 17, 2022
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BBC broadcaster Jeremy Paxman was brought to hospital after he collapsed in a park while walking his dog. A doctor in the emergency department said to Paxman: "I think you have Parkinson's."
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