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Scientists discover new drug target for chemically induced Parkinson's disease
More than three decades ago, scientists discovered that a chemical found in a synthetic opioid, MPTP, induced the onset of a form of Parkinson's disease.
1 day ago - News Medical
A new drug target for chemically induced Parkinson's disease
An enzyme that modifies chemicals formed in the body by alcohol, tobacco, and certain foods may be a new target for treating Parkinson's disease. The altered compounds, the...
2 days ago - ScienceDaily
Management of Asymptomatic Wolff-Parkinson-White Pattern by Pediatric Electrophysiologists
To determine the present-day approach of pediatric cardiac electrophysiologists to asymptomatic Wolff-Parkinson-White pattern and to contrast to both published consensus...
2 days ago - The Journal of Pediatrics
New swine model helps scientists to better understand human brain
For the first time, researchers in the University of Georgia's Regenerative Bioscience Center have used an imaging method normally reserved for humans to analyze brain activity...
3 days ago - News Medical
Roots of Parkinson's Disease in the Brain Revealed
Study provides first evidence of a central role for the brain chemical serotonin in the very earliest stages of Parkinson's.
3 days ago - Medindia Health
Pigs help scientists understand human brain
For the first time, researchers have used an imaging method normally reserved for humans to analyze brain activity in live agricultural swine models, and they have discovered...
4 days ago - ScienceDaily
TCM's Coptis chinensis found to have neuroprotective effects against disease causes by oxidative stress, including Parkinson's
A team of researchers from Germany and China assessed the potential protective effects of Chinese goldthread, scientifically known as Coptis chinensis, against diseases...
4 days ago - Natural News
Scientists identify early signs of Parkinson's disease years before symptoms develop
Scientists have identified the earliest signs of Parkinson's disease in the brain up to 20 years before patients present with any symptoms.
4 days ago - News Medical
Early brain 'signs of Parkinson's' found
Changes in a chemical called serotonin were found 15 to 20 years in advance of symptoms.
4 days ago - BBC - 2 articles
Researchers uncover the earliest signs of Parkinson's in the brain, many years before symptoms
Damage to serotonin production was seen on brain imaging. King's College London said it was an 'excellent marker' for the disease which takes hold of the brain years before...
4 days ago - Daily Mail - 2 articles
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