Virtual Reality System Being Tested That Might Detect Parkinson’s Disease
A collaborative effort between two Russian technology institutes may result in a virtual reality system that is able to detect and diagnose such neurodegenerative…
Articles by Kara Elam
Parkinson’s Disease Risk Seen to Rise in People with Hepatitis C
Evidence has shown a potential connection between chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and neurological and psychiatric disorders such…
NIH Has Awarded Two-Year Grant To Study New Parkinson’s Disease Model
The NIH recently announced it has awarded a $413,000, two-year grant to Dr. D. Allan Butterfield, PhD, a researcher at…
Innovative Nano-Technology Teaches Parkinson’s Damaged Neurons To Heal Themselves
Researchers from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy are using patients’ own immune cells to enhance the brain’s ability to heal damaged…
Study Reveals Possible Reason Behind Major Complication Associated With Parkinson’s Therapy
Recently, a group of researchers from the Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), in New York, have identified the physiological reason why…
MIT Researchers Discover Neurons in The Brain of Primates that Weigh Costs and Benefits to Drive Formation of Habits
This week, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researcher, Ann M. Graybiel, Ph.D. whose laboratory is part of MIT’s…
Promising Drug For Parkinson’s Disease Supports Fast Tracking to Clinical Trials
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the Sheffield Institute of Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), in collaboration with scientists from the…
Crystalized Images Uncover Secrets of Hormone Receptors
Recently, researchers from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) released results…
Low-Dose Lithium Reduces Side Effects From Most Common Parkinson’s Disease Treatment
Recently, a group of researchers from the Buck Institute for Age Research in Novato, California released study results in which…
Researchers Discover Class of Diabetes May Lower Parkinson’s Incidence
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), have recently released results…