IRL752 May Safely Manage Treatment-resistant Symptoms in Parkinson’s Dementia, Trial Shows
Treatment with IRLAB Therapeutics‘ small molecule IRL752 is safe and well-tolerated by Parkinson’s disease patients with dementia,…
Articles by Inês Martins, PhD
Video Game May Help Detect Early Gait Impairment in Parkinson’s Patients
The Goalkeeper Game, a video game in which people assume the role of a goalkeeper in a soccer penalty…
MRI Scans That Capture Parkinson’s Progression May Aid in Research
Researchers at the University of Florida have developed a non-invasive way of following disease progression in Parkinson’s, and its related conditions, that uses…
Scientists Determine How Parkinson’s Begins to Impact Brain
Using a laboratory model of Parkinson’s disease, researchers have shown how abnormal α-synuclein aggregates gradually spread from an area involved in…
New Screening Tool May Improve Parkinson’s Disease Research
Diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s are associated with the formation of large protein aggregates that disrupt a variety of cellular functions.
Study of Mutations in Key Protein in Fruit Flies May Have Implications for Parkinson’s Disease
Studies of the fruit fly, or Drosophila melanogaster, have shown that a protein called clueless, or clu, is associated with the…
Nasal Spray Seen as Easy and Effective Way to Deliver Glutathione, a Parkinson’s Therapy
A pilot study found that a nasal spray may be a promising and quickly effective way of delivering glutathione (GSH), and of increasing GSH levels…
UCLA Researchers Shed Light on Molecular Mechanisms of Pesticide-Associated Parkinson’s Disease
Exposure to the commonly used pesticide ziram may be linked to Parkinson’s disease development by inducing α-synuclein expression and damages to…
Common Parkinson’s Mutation Found to Enhance Key Gene Involved in Disease Progression
A specific mutation commonly found in Parkinson’s patients has been shown to enhance the expression of α-synuclein (SNCA), a key gene involved in…
Suppressing Brain Immune Responses of Parkinson’s Patients Gives Promising Therapeutic Approach
Inhibitors of the JAK/STAT pathway may provide potential for treating patients with neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Parkinson’s, by reducing the degenerative inflammation…