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Scientists identify potential treatment target for diabetic retinopathy

In oxygen-compromising conditions like diabetes, the body grows new blood vessels to help, but the result is often leaky, dysfunctional vessels that make bad matters worse.

10 Oct 2017

Women with high blood pressure in their 40s may more likely develop dementia later

Women who develop high blood pressure in their 40s may be more likely to develop dementia years later, according to a study published in the October 4, 2017, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

4 Oct 2017

Scientists explore the reason behind impaired sense of smell in Parkinson's disease

The first symptom of Parkinson's disease is often an impaired sense of smell. This neurodegenerative disease primarily causes irreparable damage to nerve cells in a brain area involved in movement control.

30 Sep 2017

NTU Singapore, KAIST scientists discover new mechanism that causes Parkinsonian symptoms

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology have identified a new mechanism that causes the hallmark symptoms of Parkinson's disease, namely tremors, rigidity, and loss of voluntary movement.

28 Sep 2017

Caffeine may not relieve movement symptoms for people with Parkinson's

Contrary to previous research, caffeine may not relieve movement symptoms for people with Parkinson's disease, according to a study published in the September 27, 2017, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

28 Sep 2017

Study uses new approach to model brain connections for understanding Parkinson's disease

Some 10 million people worldwide suffer from Parkinson's disease -- a debilitating condition that causes degeneration of brain nerve cells that control movement. The exact reasons for this degeneration remain unknown.

27 Sep 2017

Brain disconnections in Parkinson’s patients might lead to visual hallucination, study says

A new study published in the online journal Radiology suggested that disconnections in the areas of the brain, which are involved in attention and visual processing might lead to visual hallucinations in patients with Parkinson’s disease.

27 Sep 2017

Researchers identify new mechanism that causes hallmark symptoms of Parkinson's disease

A KAIST research team has identified a new mechanism that causes the hallmark symptoms of Parkinson's disease, namely tremors, rigidity, and loss of voluntary movement.

26 Sep 2017

Study identifies novel molecular interactions that explain cognitive defects in Parkinson's disease

A study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, from Nature publishing group, describes the identification of a novel molecular pathway that can constitute a therapeutic target for cognitive defects in Parkinson's disease.

25 Sep 2017

Medical treatment against diabetes reduces Parkinson’s disease risk

A Norwegian study shows that the taking of diabetes medicine reduces the risk of getting Parkinson´s disease.

25 Sep 2017

Caregivers draw support by mapping their relationships

Every time Jacque Pearson tried to devise a plan to move her 81-year-old dad, who has Alzheimer's, from his home in Boise, Idaho, to hers in Denver, she felt stuck. Then, two weeks ago, she had a breakthrough.

21 Sep 2017

People with high and low magnesium levels in blood may have increased risk of dementia

People with both high and low levels of magnesium in their blood may have a greater risk of developing dementia, according to a study published in the September 20, 2017, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

20 Sep 2017

Researchers develop new model to better simulate blood brain barrier for study of diseases

Scientists have helped provide a way to better understand how to enable drugs to enter the brain and how cancer cells make it past the blood brain barrier. The brain is protected by the near-impermeable blood brain barrier, a fortress which protects the brain but which also prevents the treatment of brain diseases, including brain tumors.

19 Sep 2017

New man-made antioxidant could help improve success rates of cell-based therapies

Cell therapies being developed to treat a range of conditions could be improved by a chemical compound that aids their survival, research suggests.

19 Sep 2017

Scientists design method for predicting behavioral response to stimulus using neuronal oscillations

Neuroscientists from Higher School of Economics and Charité University Clinic in Berlin have come up with a new multivariate method for predicting behavioral response to a stimulus using information about the phase of preceding neuronal oscillations recorded with EEG.

18 Sep 2017

Parkinson’s UK comments on new drawing test to assess people with Parkinson’s disease

A paper published today in Frontiers in Neurology outlines a trial of a drawing test that could help assess people with Parkinson’s.

15 Sep 2017

Researchers discover important link between Parkinson's and prion diseases

Parkinson's disease and prion diseases are very different from each other as regards both origins and course. Nonetheless, a research group of SISSA's, headed by Professor Giuseppe Legname, has discovered an unexpected and important link between the two pathologies.

14 Sep 2017

Researchers find unique genetic mutation in 74-year-old man with Parkinson's disease

Mutations in the human genome may be responsible for many diseases. In the case of Parkinson's disease (PD), five locations have been the subject of recent attention. Variants of one of these locations, ACMSD (aminocarboxymuconate semialdehyde decarboxylase), may be implicated in PD, but until now, no mutations in ACMSD have been found in any PD patients.

14 Sep 2017

Researchers identify connections between toxoplasmosis and several brain disorders

More than 2 billion people – nearly one out of every three humans on earth, including about 60 million people in the United States – have a lifelong infection with the brain-dwelling parasite Toxoplasma gondii.

14 Sep 2017

Brain rewiring due to dopamine loss may be source of impaired movement in Parkinson's disease

The brain's own mechanisms for dealing with the loss of dopamine neurons in Parkinson's disease may be a source of the disorder's abnormal movement, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Neuron.

14 Sep 2017

Parkinson's Disease News and Research

Latest Parkinson's Disease News and Research

Scientists identify potential treatment target for diabetic retinopathy

Women with high blood pressure in their 40s may more likely develop dementia later

Scientists explore the reason behind impaired sense of smell in Parkinson's disease

NTU Singapore, KAIST scientists discover new mechanism that causes Parkinsonian symptoms

Caffeine may not relieve movement symptoms for people with Parkinson's

Study uses new approach to model brain connections for understanding Parkinson's disease

Brain disconnections in Parkinson’s patients might lead to visual hallucination, study says

Researchers identify new mechanism that causes hallmark symptoms of Parkinson's disease

Study identifies novel molecular interactions that explain cognitive defects in Parkinson's disease

Medical treatment against diabetes reduces Parkinson’s disease risk

Caregivers draw support by mapping their relationships

People with high and low magnesium levels in blood may have increased risk of dementia

Researchers develop new model to better simulate blood brain barrier for study of diseases

New man-made antioxidant could help improve success rates of cell-based therapies

Scientists design method for predicting behavioral response to stimulus using neuronal oscillations

Parkinson’s UK comments on new drawing test to assess people with Parkinson’s disease

Researchers discover important link between Parkinson's and prion diseases

Researchers find unique genetic mutation in 74-year-old man with Parkinson's disease

Researchers identify connections between toxoplasmosis and several brain disorders

Brain rewiring due to dopamine loss may be source of impaired movement in Parkinson's disease

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