A collaboration between researchers from the University of Leicester, the University of California Los Angeles and Tel-Aviv University identified neurons responsible for the creation of memories on everyday episodes. The study entitled “Rapid Encoding of New Memories by Individual Neurons in the Human Brain” appeared July 1, 2015…
A collaboration between the University College London Institute of Neurology, the University of Cambridge and the University of Sheffield found a new link between genetic mutations associated to Parkinson’s disease (PD). The study entitled “The Parkinson’s disease–linked proteins Fbxo7 and Parkin interact to mediate mitophagy” was published…
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research and Prothena Corporation announced a collaboration to find new biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease (PD) progression. They will focus on molecules related to alpha-synuclein, a protein found in the brain of people with PD that may contribute to the cause of the disease. A biomarker…
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