Parkinson’s disease-related protein Parkin may rely on another protein called MITOL to repair damaged mitochondria, the small organelles…
Articles by Catarina Silva, MSc
Connexin-32 — a protein found in small channels between nerve cells and involved in cell-to-cell communication — works to progress …
Chrysin, a chemical commonly found in plants, may ease behavioral, cognitive, and neurochemical changes in Parkinson’s disease, according to…
One amino acid change in the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene, which provides instructions for a protein important to…
Intensive singing interventions have the potential to increase vocal loudness, respiratory muscle strength, and voice-related quality of life in people…
A wearable device called Personal KinetiGraph (PKG) can continuously and objectively monitor motor symptoms in people with Parkinson’s…
In contrast to what was observed in mice, a hypertension medicine called Dynacirc (isradipine) failed to slow Parkinson’s disease…
Impel NeuroPharma has developed an inhaler to administrate a powder formulation of levodopa (L-DOPA) so people with…
Treatment with intranasal insulin — which is atomized into a spray and inhaled through the nose — may ease…
Patient enrollment and dosing is now complete for International Stem Cell Corporation’s (ISCO) Phase 1 trial testing its ISC-hpNSC…