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High Iron And Copper Levels Block Brain-Cell DNA Repair And May Contribute To Neurological Dysfunction

No one knows the cause of most cases of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurodegenerative disorders. But researchers have found that certain factors are consistently associated with these debilitating conditions. One is DNA damage by reactive oxygen species, highly destructive molecules usually formed as a byproduct of cellular respiration. Another is the presence of […]

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Researcher Paul Larson, MD

Neurosurgeons Use MRIs To Guide Surgical Implantation Of Deep Brain Stimulation Devices

A new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device that guides surgeons as they implant electrodes into the brains of people with Parkinson’s disease and other neurological disorders could change the way this surgery, called deep brain stimulation, is performed at medical centers across the country, according to a group of doctors at University of California, San […]

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Low Intensity Treadmill Exercise Improves Walking In Parkinson’s Disease

Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the Baltimore VA Medical Center found that Parkinson’s patients who walked on a treadmill at a comfortable speed for a longer duration (low-intensity exercise) improved their walking more than patients who walked for less time but at an increased speed and incline (high-intensity exercise). The […]

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Investigational Drug May Reduce Involuntary Movements In People With Parkinson’s Disease

Results of the first randomized, placebo-controlled long-term clinical trial show the investigational drug safinamide may reduce dyskinesia or involuntary movements in mid-to-late stage Parkinson’s disease. The findings will be presented as late-breaking research at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Researcher Andras Simon

Dopamine Controls Formation Of New Brain Cells With Potential Implications For Parkinson’s Disease

A study of the salamander brain has led researchers at Karolinska Institutet to discover a hitherto unknown function of the neurotransmitter dopamine. In an article published in the scientific journal Cell Stem Cell they show how in acting as a kind of switch for stem cells, dopamine controls the formation of new neurons in the […]

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Stefan M. Pulst, M.D.

Novel Link Found Between Parkinson’s Disease And Prostate Cancer

University of Utah School of Medicine researchers have found compelling evidence that Parkinson’s disease is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer and melanoma, and that this increased cancer risk also extends to close and distant relatives of individuals with Parkinson’s disease. Although a link between Parkinson’s disease and melanoma has been suspected before, […]

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Parkinson’s Disease Medications Can Cause Impulse Control Disorders

Mayo Clinic researchers found that dopamine agonists used in treating Parkinson’s disease result in impulse control disorders in as many as 22 percent of patients.  Mayo Clinic first reported on this topic in 2005. The follow-up study was published online in the February 2011 issue of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders. Included in this report is […]

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