Researchers at Università degli Studi di Perugia and Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia in Italy recently published an article entitled “The changing tree in Parkinson’s disease” in the journal Nature Neuroscience. This report focused on recent findings, entitled “Dynamic rewiring…
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania recently reported a new technique based on nanopores for the study of protein structure. The technique can potentially be applied in the study of protein aggregation that occurs in neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson’s disease. The study was published in the journal…
Dr. Michel Goedert from the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical Research Council in the United Kingdom recently published in the journal Science a review on the mechanisms underlying Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases and their similarity to prion diseases. The study is entitled “Alzheimer’s…
A new study led by researchers at the University of Barcelona in Spain recently revealed the reason behind discrepant outcomes when administering antagonist drugs for brain disorders. The study was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and is entitled “…
Neurodegenerative diseases correspond to a range of debilitating conditions that primarily result in the degeneration and/or death of brain and spinal cord neurons. Parkinson’s disease is one example of a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that develops gradually, with patients usually experiencing the first symptoms around the age of 60 or older.
New encouraging data on novel therapeutic drugs targeting components affected in several brain diseases linked to dementia have been recently presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2015 (AAIC 2015) in Washington, D.C. The brain diseases considered included Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy Body dementia. All three conditions…
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Pfizer Inc. recently reported encouraging findings on a new inhibitor drug that can reduce neurodegeneration in animal models of Parkinson’s disease. The study was published in The Journal of Biological Chemistry and is entitled “…
Researchers at Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark recently reported new evidence that Parkinson’s disease development may actually start in the gut. The study entitled “Vagotomy and subsequent risk of Parkinson’s disease” was published in the journal Annals of Neurology.
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System in Pennsylvania recently revealed that a gene therapy strategy targeting a key protein in Parkinson’s disease pathology – alpha-synuclein – can prevent disease development in a rat model. The study is entitled “…
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, discovered that specific cells in the brain called astrocytes develop an exaggerated reaction to inflammation in the context of neurodegenerative diseases. The study was recently published in The Journal of Neuroscience and is entitled “Astrocytes Are Primed by…
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