News tagged with parkinson s disease
Cannabis compound can help cells
Feb 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cannabis has been used recreationally and for medicinal purposes for centuries, yet its 60 plus active components are only partly understood. Now scientists have discovered how a compound ...
From cell division to ageing: Scientists locate main cell switches
Aug 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Protein function and gene expression are often regulated by reversible modifications of already existing proteins. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry and the University ...
New findings bring hope for possible Parkinson's disease cure
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Researchers at Iowa State University have found an essential key to possibly cure Parkinson's disease and are looking for others.
Toxicity mechanism identified for Parkinson's disease
Jan 02, 2009 |
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Neurologists have observed for decades that Lewy bodies, clumps of aggregated proteins inside cells, appear in the brains of patients with Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Pesticide exposure found to increase risk of Parkinson's disease
Apr 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The fertile soil of California's Central Valley has long made it famous as one of the nation's prime crop-growing regions. But it's not just the soil that allows for such productivity. Crops ...
Parkinson's disease: Iron accumulation to the point of demise
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Neurons that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine are the cerebral cells that most commonly die-off in Parkinson's disease. The cells in the so-called substantia nigra, which contain the dark pigment neuromelanin, are affected. ...
Michigan hospital launches gene therapy study for Parkinson's disease
Oct 06, 2009 |
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A Michigan hospital is embarking on a research study for advanced Parkinson's disease using a state-of-the-art treatment called gene transfer.
Scientists construct 'off switch' for Parkinson therapy
Aug 28, 2009 |
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A common antibiotic can function as an "off switch" for a gene therapy being developed for Parkinson's disease, according to University of Florida researchers writing online in advance of September's Molecular Therapy.
Old Cells Work Differently
Mar 01, 2009 |
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The agglutination and accumulation of proteins in nerve cells are major hallmarks of age-related neurodegenerative illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease. Cellular survival thus depends on a controlled removal of excessive ...
Scary music is scarier with your eyes shut
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 15, 2009 |
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The power of the imagination is well-known: it's no surprise that scary music is scarier with your eyes closed. But now neuroscientist and psychiatrist Prof. Talma Hendler of Tel Aviv University's Functional Brain Center ...
How yeast is helping us to understand Parkinson's Disease
Feb 27, 2009 |
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Teams of scientists from Australia and the United States have used yeast and mammalian cells to discover a connection between genetic and environmental causes of Parkinson's disease.
Gene therapy found to help patients with Parkinson's
Aug 14, 2009 |
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Jichi Medical University has succeeded in restoring the motor function of patients suffering from Parkinson's disease by injecting their brains with a virus with a built-in gene that has an enzyme to produce dopamine, it ...
Epilepsy drugs could treat Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Researchers in the USA have discovered a potential new function for anti-epileptic drugs in treating neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. The study, published in BioMed Central's open access ...
Nanotech coating could lead to better brain implants to treat diseases
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Biomedical and materials engineers at the University of Michigan have developed a nanotech coating for brain implants that helps the devices operate longer and could improve treatment for ...
Genetic change prevents cell death in mouse model of Parkinson's disease
Feb 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By shifting a normal protective mechanism into overdrive, a University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist has completely shielded mice from a toxic chemical that would otherwise cause Parkinson's ...
