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Tracking parkinsonian disease progression
Parkinson's disease destroys neurons in the brain that are essential for controlling movement. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - September 8, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

Scientists discover link between bacteria and supposedly non-infectious diseases
A group of scientists have found that a single molecule from a bacterial cell wall component can lead to the unusual behaviour of 100 million clotting molecules in blood, which may be a major... (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - September 7, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news

Virtually reality simplifies early diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease
Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University and Siberian State Medical University are developing an early diagnosis system for neurodegenerative disorders. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - September 5, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Multiple Sclerosis Source Type: news

Early Parkinson's diagnosis moves closer with new protein test
A novel test that detects abnormal alpha-synuclein protein was found to identify Parkinson's patients with 95 percent accuracy, researchers report. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - August 30, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

Tiny changes in Parkinson's protein can have " dramatic " impact on processes that lead to the disease
Specific mutations in the protein associated with Parkinson's Disease, in which just one of its 140 building blocks is altered, can make a dramatic difference to processes which may lead to the... (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - August 30, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

Relief for epilepsy at the scale of a single cell
Researchers at Link öping University have developed in collaboration with French colleagues a small device that both detects the initial signal of an epileptic attack and doses a substance that... (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - August 25, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Epilepsy Source Type: news

Tunneling nanotubes between neurons enable the spread of Parkinson's disease via lysosomes
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur have demonstrated the role of lysosomal vesicles in transporting α-synuclein aggregates, responsible for Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases... (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - August 24, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

Eye test may detect Parkinson's before symptoms appear
A new low-cost and non-invasive eye test could detect Parkinson's disease before symptoms including tremors and muscle stiffness develop, according to new research in rats led by scientists at UCL. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - August 18, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

Virtual reality and treadmill training could help prevent falls in older adults
Combining virtual reality and treadmill training helps prevent falls in older adults better than treadmill training alone, according to a new randomised controlled trial published in The Lancet. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - August 12, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Seniors / Aging Source Type: news

Researchers identify how a single gene can protect against causes of neurodegenerative diseases
New research has identified how cells protect themselves against 'protein clumps' known to be the cause of neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's disease. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - August 2, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news

Lab method sheds light on how genetic mutations cause inherited Parkinson's disease
Scientists have developed a new method of measuring the activity of disease-causing mutations in the LRRK2 gene, a major cause of inherited Parkinson's disease. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - August 1, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

Indicators of Parkinson's disease risk found in unexpected places
Clues that point toward new risk mechanisms for developing Parkinson's disease are hiding in some unusual spots, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - July 29, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

Researchers discover area of brain that controls breathing
Neuroscientists at Seattle Children's Research Institute have discovered an area of the brain that plays a key role in breathing. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - July 28, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news

Parkinson's: Mutant gene interaction may pave the way for new treatments
Research that has discovered an interaction between mutant LRRK2 gene and alpha-synuclein may lead to new treatments for Parkinson ’s disease, study says. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - July 24, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

Patient specific approach may improve deep brain stimulation used to treat Parkinson's
Researchers have developed a method to measure how the brain responds to electrical stimulation and use the response to maximize efficacy of deep brain stimulation (DBS) - a therapy that has been... (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - July 15, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news