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Research uncovers a potential link between Parkinson’s and visual problems
Feb 18, 2013 19:00
Parkinson’s, the second most common form of neurodegenerative disease, principally affects people aged over 60. Its most...
Excess protein linked to development of Parkinson’s disease
Feb 9, 2013 18:27
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say overexpression of a protein called alpha-synuclein...
Study points to possible cause of, and treatment for, non-familial Parkinson’s
Feb 6, 2013 19:35
Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have identified a protein trafficking defect within brain cells that...
Examining the so-called Basque mutation of Parkinson’s disease
Feb 2, 2013 20:15
The relationship between genetics and Parkinson’s has been investigated for more than a decade, but it is only over...
Parkinson’s can lead to anxiety and other non-motor symptoms, even early on
Jan 21, 2013 1:15
While movement problems are the main symptom of Parkinson’s disease, a new study shows that even early in the course...
Untreated Parkinson’s disease patients no more likely to have impulse control disorders
Jan 8, 2013 17:22
While approximately one in five Parkinson’s disease patients experience impulse control disorder symptoms, the disease...
Pesticides and Parkinson’s: UCLA researchers uncover further proof of a link
Jan 4, 2013 19:49
For several years, neurologists at UCLA have been building a case that a link exists between pesticides and Parkinson’s...
Genetic manipulation of urate alters neurodegeneration in mouse model of Parkinson’s disease
Dec 27, 2012 16:29
A study by Massachusetts General Hospital researchers adds further support to the possibility that increasing levels of the...
Promising drug slows down advance of Parkinson’s disease and improves symptoms
Nov 30, 2012 19:46
Treating Parkinson’s disease patients with the experimental drug GM1 ganglioside improved symptoms and slowed their...
Scientists image brain structures that deteriorate in Parkinson’s
Nov 27, 2012 19:47
A new imaging technique developed at MIT offers the first glimpse of the degeneration of two brain structures affected by...
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