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April 24, 2024

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Analyzing the Progression in Retinal Thickness Could Predict Cognitive Progression in Parkinson's Patients

Apr. 19, 2024 — Although there are still some aspects pending confirmation for its use in the clinical setting, and its resolution needs to be improved slightly, a study has shown that a method routinely used to ...

AI Speeds Up Drug Design for Parkinson's by Ten-Fold

Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers have used artificial intelligence techniques to massively accelerate the search for Parkinson's disease treatments. The researchers designed and used an AI-based strategy to identify compounds that block the clumping, or aggregation, of ...

Scientists Identify Cell Vulnerability 'Fingerprint' Related to Parkinson's, Lewy Body Dementia

Apr. 16, 2024 — A new study offers a first look into the complex molecular changes that occur in brain cells with Lewy bodies, which are key pathological hallmarks of Parkinson's disease and some dementias. The ...

Parkinson's Disease: New Theory on the Disease's Origins and Spread

Apr. 11, 2024 — New hypothesis paper builds on a growing scientific consensus that Parkinson's disease route to the brain starts in either the nose or the gut and proposes that environmental toxicants are the likely ...

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Common Degenerative Brain Disease May Begin to Develop in Middle Age

Mar. 26, 2024 — Lewy body disease may be more common in middle-aged people than previously thought, according to a recent study. In the study, almost one in ten of over 50-year-olds were found to have tissue markers ...

Study Finds Pesticide Use Linked to Parkinson's in Rocky Mountain, Great Plains Region

Feb. 28, 2024 — Pesticides and herbicides used in farming have been linked to Parkinson's disease in the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains region of the country, ...

Newly Discovered Brain Cells Play a Key Role in Right and Left Turns

Feb. 12, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a network of neurons in the brain of mice that help them make right and left turns. In the future, the discovery may be used in treatment for Parkinson's ...

A Neurological Disease Paradigm Shift

Jan. 23, 2024 — Scientists argue that Parkinson's disease complexity demands a new way of classifying the disease for research purposes, one based not on clinical diagnosis but biology. The authors have called their ...

Using Magnetized Neurons to Treat Parkinson's Disease Symptoms

Jan. 18, 2024 — Electrical deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a well-established method for treating disordered movement in Parkinson's disease. However, implanting electrodes in a person's brain is an invasive and ...

SARS-CoV-2 Can Infect Dopamine Neurons Causing Senescence

Jan. 17, 2024 — A new study reported that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, can infect dopamine neurons in the brain and trigger senescence -- when a cell loses the ability to grow and divide. The researchers ...

A Common Marker of Neurological Diseases May Play Role in Healthy Brains

Jan. 9, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that a protein called phosphorylated -synuclein, which is associated with several neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia, is also ...

Inspired by Greek Mythology, This Potential Drug Shows Promise for Vanquishing Parkinson's RNA in Early Studies

Jan. 9, 2024 — A new discovery takes its inspiration from Greek mythology. The compound is described as a chimera, because it battles a toxic cause of Parkinson's ...

Newly Discovered Genetic Mutation Protects Against Parkinson's Disease and Offers Hope for New Therapies

Jan. 2, 2024 — A previously unidentified genetic mutation in a small protein provides significant protection against Parkinson's disease and offers a new direction ...

Revolutionizing the Treatment of Parkinson's Patients

Dec. 5, 2023 — The future treatment of Parkinson's Disease has undergone tremendous development in recent years. Now, a breakthrough in research has emerged, delivering the strongest results for both ...

Even Cells Know the Importance of Recycling

Mar. 14, 2024 — Researchers uncovered the mechanistic details behind how several proteins interact to help cells recognize and remove damaged mitochondria. Optineurin (OPTN) and its interactions are needed to ...

Unlocking the Secrets of the Brain's Dopaminergic System

Dec. 5, 2023 — A new organoid model of the dopaminergic system sheds lights on its intricate functionality and potential implications for Parkinson's disease. The model replicates the dopaminergic ...

Nanoplastics Promote Conditions for Parkinson's Across Various Lab Models

Nov. 17, 2023 — Nanoplastics interact with a particular protein that is naturally found in the brain, creating changes linked to Parkinson's disease and some types of ...

Location of Strong Sense of Discomfort in Brain Found

Nov. 6, 2023 — Researchers have identified a new neural circuit in the brain which produces a strong sense of discomfort when activated. The discovery also allows them to show for the first time that the ...

Researchers Find a Cause of Parkinson's Disease

Oct. 2, 2023 — A significant breakthrough sheds light on the underlying mechanisms of Parkinson's disease, offering the potential for innovative treatments in the ...

Parkinson's: Are Our Neurons More Vulnerable at Night?

Sep. 28, 2023 — Disturbances in sleep patterns and the internal biological clock are frequently associated with Parkinson's disease. However, the link between biological rhythm and neuronal degeneration remains ...

Compensation by Healthy Brain Parts Alleviates Parkinson Symptoms

Sep. 28, 2023 — In Parkinson's disease, the cerebral cortex can take over tasks from a deeper part of the brain that has been damaged, where cells that make dopamine have been lost. The strength of compensation ...

New Blood Marker Can Identify Parkinsonian Diseases

Sep. 18, 2023 — Is it possible that a single biomarker can detect all types of diseases related to dopamine deficiency in the brain? Yes, that's what a research group is discovering. 'We have observed that ...

'Circular Logic' of RNAs in Parkinson's Disease

Sep. 18, 2023 — Researchers are gaining new insights into neurological diseases by studying circular RNAs (circRNAs) in brain cells. A new study has identified over 11,000 distinct RNA circles that characterized ...

Newly Discovered Trigger of Parkinson's Upends Common Beliefs

Sep. 15, 2023 — A new study challenges a common belief in what triggers Parkinson's disease. Degeneration of dopaminergic neurons is widely accepted as the first event that leads to Parkinson's. But the ...

New Insights Into the Development of Parkinson's Disease in the Brain

Sep. 11, 2023 — Researchers have identified a new pathological mechanism for a familial type of Parkinson's disease caused by a mutation in the CHCHD2 gene. Mutant CHCHD2 protein is mislocalized in cells and ...

Online AI-Based Test for Parkinson's Disease Severity Shows Promising Results

Sep. 7, 2023 — A new artificial intelligence tool can help people with Parkinson's disease remotely assess the severity of their symptoms within minutes. While expert neurologists performed slightly better ...

New Blood Test Detects a Key Indicator of Parkinson's Disease

Aug. 30, 2023 — Researchers have developed a blood test that detects Parkinson's disease, potentially establishing a way to help diagnose the condition before nervous system damage worsens. A new blood-based ...

Study Adds to Evidence That Parkinson's Starts in the Gut

Aug. 22, 2023 — Many researchers believe that the neurodegenerative disorder gets started in the gut. Research now suggests that an autoimmune reaction may be driving those early ...

Playing Tackle Football May Increase the Risk for Parkinson's Disease

Aug. 11, 2023 — Identification of risk factors for Parkinson's disease (PD) is essential for early diagnosis. Dating back to the 1920s, Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism -- an umbrella term that refers ...

Parkinson's Disease: Essential Role in Neuroinflammation Found for a Subset of Brain Macrophages

Aug. 9, 2023 — In Parkinson's disease, growing evidence targets neuroinflammation as essential for brain pathogenesis. But which group of immune cells that reside in the brain direct this inflammatory ...

Dopamine Controls Movement, Not Just Rewards

Aug. 3, 2023 — Although there is a long-standing, common assumption that most -- if not all -- dopamine neurons solely respond to rewards or reward-predicting cues, researchers instead discovered that one genetic ...

Nerve Cells in the Brain Can Halt All Movement in the Body -- Even Breathing

July 27, 2023 — A group of nerve cells in the brain has the remarkable ability to completely stop all forms of movement, a new mouse study shows. The discovery provides valuable insight into how the nervous system ...

Study Optimizes Patient-Specific Stem Cell-Based Therapy for Parkinson's Disease

July 19, 2023 — A new discovery paves the way for clinical trials that use patients' own cells to treat Parkinson's ...

New Therapeutic Target for Parkinson's Disease Discovered

July 19, 2023 — Scientists have uncovered a new mechanism by which mutations in a gene parkin contribute to familial forms of Parkinson's disease. The discovery opens a new avenue for Parkinson's ...