BrainTale raises €4.5M to develop brain-decoding software

BrainTale raised €4.5 million (about $5 million) to speed further development of software that can decode changes in the brain’s white matter into information that can predict, diagnose, and monitor the progression of diseases such as Parkinson’s. With this round of financing, led by investors Capital Grand…

Changes in Brain Architecture Tied To Poor Bimanual Coordination

Small-scale, or microstructural, brain alterations observed on the MRIs of people with Parkinson’s disease were associated with worse bimanual coordination, a type of complex movement, a study found. “[D]istinct changes in microstructure cause an impediment of structures involved in attention, working memory, executive function, motor planning, motor control, and…

Early Signs of Parkinson’s: The Eyes May Have It!

A new study has found that Parkinson’s disease is associated with changes in the visual system, a feature that can be detected earlier than the most common symptoms of the disease, suggesting it could be used as a biomarker to follow disease progression. The study “Visual System Involvement in Patients with…