Motor imagery impaired in Parkinson’s patients, study finds
Besides motor challenges, people with Parkinson’s disease have difficulty with motor imagery, or generating a mental representation of a…
Andrea Lobo is a Science writer at BioNews. She holds a Biology degree and a PhD in Cell Biology/Neurosciences from the University of Coimbra-Portugal, where she studied stroke biology. She was a postdoctoral and senior researcher at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health in Porto, in drug addiction, studying neuronal plasticity induced by amphetamines. As a research scientist for 19 years, Andrea participated in academic projects in multiple research fields, from stroke, gene regulation, cancer, and rare diseases. She authored multiple research papers in peer-reviewed journals. She shifted towards a career in science writing and communication in 2022.
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Note: This story was updated Oct. 7, 2024, to correct references to the open-label extension study of the BounDNless trial.
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