New Insights into Parkinson’s Disease and Synaptic Plasticity
Researchers at Università degli Studi di Perugia and Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia in Italy recently published an…
Articles by Patrícia Silva, PhD
New Technique Based on Nanopores for the Study of Protein Structure
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania recently reported a new technique based on nanopores for the study of protein…
New Review Focuses on Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Diseases And Their Link to Prions
Dr. Michel Goedert from the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical Research Council in the United Kingdom recently published in…
Study Reveals the Reason Underlying Dissimilar Outcomes With Antagonist Drugs in Brain Disorders
A new study led by researchers at the University of Barcelona in Spain recently revealed the reason behind discrepant…
Innovative Technology Using Dragonflies Might Offer Insights Into Human Brain Function
Neurodegenerative diseases correspond to a range of debilitating conditions that primarily result in the degeneration and/or death of brain and…
New Study Data Released on Therapeutic Agents For a Range of Brain Diseases
New encouraging data on novel therapeutic drugs targeting components affected in several brain diseases linked to dementia have been recently…
Pfizer’s Inhibitor Drug Able to Reduce Neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s Disease Animal Models
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Pfizer Inc. recently reported encouraging findings on a…
Study Suggests Parkinson’s Disease May Start in The Gut
Researchers at Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark recently reported new evidence that Parkinson’s disease development…
Gene Therapy Found to Prevent Parkinson’s Disease in Rats
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System in Pennsylvania recently…
Astrocytes Play a Role in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, discovered that specific cells in the brain called astrocytes develop an exaggerated reaction to…