Mitochondria Defects in Brains of Parkinson’s Patients Might Play Protective Role
Defects in mitochondria, the cell’s microscopic powerhouses, might actually protect Parkinson’s disease patients, a Norwegian study suggests. The findings show that,…
Articles by Alice Melão
Brain Inflammation Caused by Sleep Disorder May Lead to Parkinson’s Disease, Study Shows
Patients with rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder, or RBD, have a form of inflammation in the brain that puts…
Low-frequency Brain Stimulation Improves Parkinson’s Patients’ Thinking Ability, Study Shows
Using low-frequency electrical pulses to stimulate a deep brain region can improve the cognitive function of people with Parkinson’s and other…
Study Reveals Gender Disparities in Caregiver Support for Parkinson’s Patients
Women with Parkinson’s disease are less likely to have caregiver support, and are more frequent users of formal, paid caregiver…
Scripps Study Reveals Molecular Link Between Parkinson’s, Environmental Exposure
Researchers at Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, have uncovered a molecular mechanism that links Parkinson’s disease and environmental…
2 New Rat Models Opening to Researchers Through Horizon-Fox Foundation Partnership
Horizon Discovery, in a collaboration with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), has developed two…
Anavex 2-73 Therapy Candidate Seen to Restore Brain Cell Function in Mice with Parkinson’s, Study Finds
Anavex 2-73, an investigational therapy being evaluated in clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease, was found to restore the function of damaged nerve…
Double Screening Identifies Four Compounds that Could Become Neurological Disease Therapies
Researchers at Roche’s innovation center in Basel, Switzerland, have identified four small molecule therapy candidates that target the neurotensin receptor,…
New Phase 3 Trial to Test Nuplazid for Parkinson’s Psychosis in Array of Dementia Patients
Acadia Pharmaceuticals is starting a new Phase 3 clinical trial testing the efficacy of pimavanserin to treat the hallucinations and delusions associated…
Medical History Could Help Predict Parkinson’s Disease Risk Long Before Diagnosis
Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) in St. Louis developed a new computational method that can help…