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New light shed on causes of movement disorders in Parkinson's disease
A possible cause has been found for the disrupted communication between brain cells exhibited by Parkinson's patients. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - April 26, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

Regenerating brain tissue brings hope for a new treatment against Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
Mexican researchers developed a nanogel that enables the growth of new neurons. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - April 26, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Alzheimer's / Dementia Source Type: news

Sophisticated 'mini-brains' add to evidence of Zika's toll on fetal cortex
Novel tool expected to speed research on brain and drug development. Studying a new type of pinhead-size, lab-grown brain made with technology first suggested by three high school students, Johns... (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - April 25, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Tropical Diseases Source Type: news

Mapping neurons to improve the treatment of Parkinson's
Caltech researchers have mapped out a circuit of neurons that is responsible for motor impairment--such as difficulty walking--in patients with Parkinson's disease. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - April 21, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

Toward quieting the brain - promising anti-seizure strategies
Cluster Analysis of Cat Neural Networks Reveals Promising Anti-seizure Strategies.Chronic brain diseases such as epilepsy involve disturbances of the brain's electrical activity. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - April 19, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Epilepsy Source Type: news

Thanks, actin, for the memories
Rice University theorists model complex interactions that allow for long-term memory. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - April 19, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Alzheimer's / Dementia Source Type: news

Singing improves Parkinson's symptoms and quality of life
A lesser known side to Parkinson's disease is its negative effect on the voice. A new study finds that singing therapy relieves these symptoms and improves quality of life. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - April 18, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

Firefighters' positioning system may be used to monitor walking difficulty for elderly
A positioning system adapted for use in fire rescue operations will soon be tested on senior citizens in Sweden as a way to spot signs of early stage Parkinson's disease and other mobility problems. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - April 12, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

Researchers identify tissue biomarker for dementia with lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease
Accurate diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, and the related disease "dementia with Lewy bodies," can be difficult in the early stages of both conditions. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - April 12, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

Experts call for greater recognition of little-known types of dementia affecting at least one in ten patients
Leading experts will today [Tuesday 12 April] call for the UK government's dementia strategy to recognise two common but little-known forms of the condition. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - April 12, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Alzheimer's / Dementia Source Type: news

Lithium brings anti-aging drugs a step closer
By blocking a molecule linked to age-related diseases, low doses of the mood-stabilizing drug lithium increased the lifespan of fruit flies by up to 18% in a new study. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - April 10, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Seniors / Aging Source Type: news

Brain guardians remove dying neurons
Salk scientists show how immune receptors clear dead and dysfunctional brain cells and how they might be targets for treating neurodegenerative diseases. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - April 7, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

Apple's new CareKit will help patients monitor medical conditions
Matthew Driver, managing editor of The Journal of mHealth, writes for MNT about how Apple's new CareKit hopes to make it easier for patients to actively manage their own health. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - April 4, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Personal Monitoring / Wearable Technology Source Type: news

MSU tackles mystery of protein folding
Proteins are the workhorses of life, mediating almost all biological events in every life form. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - April 1, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

Altered brain communication could be predictive marker of dementia in Parkinson's disease
Dementia will develop in about 80% of patients with Parkinson's disease, and a new study has found significant variability in brain signaling that could serve as a predictive marker for identifying... (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - March 31, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news