Elevated blood levels of the liver enzyme gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT), a marker for liver disease, was found to be associated with an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease in Korean women and a lower risk in Korean men, a large-scale study  found.
Antibodies that selectively target the misfolded form of the alpha-synuclein protein — that which underlies the development of Parkinson’s disease — reduced the formation of alpha-synuclein clumps and improved dopamine levels in a mouse model. The study with that finding also provided a framework for screening…
Measuring the levels of alpha-synuclein in red blood cells can reliably distinguish people with Parkinson’s disease and evident motor symptoms from healthy individuals, and could serve as a diagnostic biomarker, a study reports. These levels in Parkinson’s patients with symptoms of dementia, however, did not measurably differ from healthy…
Drinking alcohol does not increase the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease in women in the United Kingdom, nor are there increased risks linked to the consumption of different types of alcohol, a large study has concluded. The study, “…
The early detection of diseases characterized by protein misfolding and aggregation, such as Parkinson’s disease, moved one step closer by the validation in animal models of a sensitive technique to capture and analyze misfolded and aggregated proteins in the blood quickly and efficiently.
People with severe non-motor symptoms related to Parkinson’s disease (PD) have a smaller thalamus compared to those with similar but mild to moderate symptoms, a brain imaging study suggests. Sleeping and gastrointestinal problems are also tied to atrophy (shrinking)…
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