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Parkinson's Discovery Suggests We May Have an FDA-Approved Treatment Already

Most Parkinson's symptoms stem from the loss or dysfunction of dopamine-producing neurons in a brain region involved in fine ...

This Groundbreaking Device Can Reach the Deepest Parts of Your Brain. It Could Finally Cure Parkinson’s, Scientists Say.

Previous applications of TUS were limited, as they were imprecise and too weak to target areas deeper in the brain. Parkinson ...
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Treatments for Parkinson’s disease are advancing

Parkinson’s disease currently affects nearly one million Americans with no specific known cause and no cure. Treatments have ...

Study reveals Parkinson's protein clumps rob brain cells of vital energy

A new study led by Rice University's Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede has revealed that protein clumps, or plaques that clog the ...

Scientists Catch Parkinson’s Protein Drilling Holes in Brain Cells

Researchers caught Parkinson’s proteins drilling tiny holes in brain cells. The discovery could explain how the disease ...
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Study: Women with early type of Parkinson’s experience less neurodegeneration than men

Women with a precursor condition to Parkinson's disease showed significantly less brain atrophy than their male counterparts despite similar clinical severity, according to an October study published ...
Medscape

New Imaging Tech Spots Hidden Protein Predicting Parkinson’s Disease

Researchers have devised a new way to illuminate the previously invisible oligomer clumps driving Parkinson’s disease.