Parkinson’s Patients Using Anticholinergic Drugs Not at Higher Dementia Risk
Contrary to recent evidence, new research has found no positive correlation between anticholinergic medication intake and a higher risk for dementia…
Articles by Margarida Azevedo, MSc
New Drug Candidate Shows Promise in Animal Model of Parkinson’s
University of Nebraska Medical Center and Longevity Biotech researchers demonstrated that LBT-3627, a novel drug candidate developed by the company,…
Mitochondria Dysfunction Seen to Play a Role in Parkinson’s Disease
A novel physiological role for mitochondria with implications in the study of age-related diseases such as Parkinson’s has been described. Researchers found that…
Parkinson’s Linked to Consumption of Milk Tainted by Pesticide
A new study links a pesticide used prior to the early 1980s and milk consumed by adults during those years to substancia nigra neuronal…
For Parkinson’s Management, Deep Brain Stimulation May Complement Drugs
In a recent Medical Minute, a weekly health news feature from Penn State’s Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Dr.
Gatekeeper Protein With Implications in Parkinson’s Disease Identified
Researchers at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo have uncovered a key protein,…
Aspirin Molecule Targets Enzyme Active in Neurodegeneration
Researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute and Johns Hopkins University have discovered that salicylic acid, the primary product from aspirin…
In Parkinson’s and Like Diseases, Cleansing Proteins Are Disrupted
Researchers have identified a specific protein involved in the functional upkeep of synaptic activity and detailed the process behind optimal neurotransmission — an…
Countering Parkinson’s Treatment-induced Spasms
Scientists have identified a new strategy to attenuate one of the side effects — uncontrolled movement — caused by levodopa,…
Molecular Mechanism at Root of Chain Leading Parkinson’s Identified
Boston University School of Medicine and Northeastern University researchers have proposed a molecular mechanism by which only certain mutations in…