Gut Immune Response Seen to Protect Dopamine Neurons in Study in Roundworms
Immune reactions, originating in the gut, protect neurons from the damage or death associated with Parkinson’s disease by keeping a check…
Articles by Magdalena Kegel
Experimental Cancer Therapies Could Be Viable to Treat Parkinson’s Disease
Researchers have discovered a way to block the spread of alpha-synuclein between neurons, which is believed to be at the core of…
Hot Topics at World Parkinson’s Congress Span Key Research Findings to Children’s Books
The 4th World Parkinson Congress, held in Portland, Oregon, on Sept. 20-23, opened each day with a Hot…
Parkinson’s Experts Say It’s Time to Move from Traditional Approaches to Precision Medicine
The Parkinson’s research field is ready for precision medicine, four Parkinson’s experts stated in an editorial, suggesting that a switch…
Key to Neuron Death in Parkinson’s Disease Found in Aging Mitochondria
Researchers may have come a step closer to understanding the cause of Parkinson’s disease, in a study showing how the inability…
Faulty Protein Transport May Contribute to Parkinson’s Disease, Possibly Offering New Avenues of Treatment
In a collaboration between the University of Bristol in England and the University of Queensland in Australia, researchers have…
Brain Recordings in Parkinson’s Patients Advance Knowledge of Disease Mechanisms
Scientists have recorded the activity of nerve cells in the brains of human patients with Parkinson’s disease in what is believed…
Parkinson’s Risk Mutations Found Least in Brain
Most scientists who study brain conditions such as Parkinson’s naturally focus on the brain, but new research from the…
Parkinson’s Researchers Find How Single Gene Can Protect Against Neurodegeneration
Researchers at two Scottish institutions have identified a new player in the crucial task of removing protein aggregates from the…
Researchers Discover Why L-DOPA Stops Working in Parkinson’s, Seek Prolonged Treatment
In a discovery that might turn out to be a game changer in Parkinson’s research, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers…