Gene Therapy Trial Patients, in Death, Helping Show What Did and Didn’t Work
Delivering a gene therapy directly to the substantia nigra, an area of the brain affected by …
Articles by Steve Bryson, PhD
Sleep Pathway May Be Linked to Neurodegenerative Diseases, Study Shows
An important signaling pathway that helps protect brain cells from neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s…
New Brain Pathway Key to Movement Found in PD Patients, Study Reports
Placing electrodes directly in the brains of people with Parkinson’s disease revealed a…
Older Parkinson’s Patients Often Wrongly Given Antipsychotics, Study Says
More than one-third of older people with Parkinson’s disease in long-term care who…
Blood Test May Help Predict Cognitive Decline in Parkinson’s, Study Shows
A blood test may be able to predict early cognitive decline in people with Parkinson’s disease by…
New Parkinson’s Treatment Target – Drp1 Protein Linked to Sense of Smell – Found in Rat Model, Study Reports
A new potential target for treating Parkinson’s, a protein named Drp1, has been identified using a rat…
Parkinson’s Patients Report Orchestrating Their Daily Lives Around Their Decreased Balance Control, Study Finds
People with Parkinson’s disease reported a need for increased planning in their lives due to limited mobility and…
Palliative Care Leads to Better Quality of Life than Standard Care for PDRD Patients, Study Finds
Palliative care — focusing on physical, psychosocial and spiritual treatment — for people with Parkinson’s disease and…
Student-Developed Wearable ‘Tremor Tracker’ Monitors Parkinson’s Tremors
Two Louisiana Tech University biomedical engineering students designed a wearable medical device that can track and classify…
High Blood Levels of Liver Enzyme Linked to Sex-specific Parkinson’s Risk in Korean Study
Elevated blood levels of the liver enzyme gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT), a marker for liver disease, was found to…