Chinese researchers have developed a new stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease which reportedly provides rapid ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that targeting neuronal signaling controlling aberrant learning in the ...

Most cell surface proteins did not. But 16 did, including two found in the human dopamine neurons of the substantia nigra, a ...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating and progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by the loss of ...

The first healthy volunteers have been dosed in an early clinical trial testing NRG5051, a disease-modifying therapy for ALS ...

NRG Therapeutics has dosed the first participants in its Phase I clinical trial of NRG5051, being developed as a ...

Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes a gradual loss of brain nerve cells, which produce a chemical messenger called dopamine. Dopamine relays signals throughout the brain ...

For decades, medical understanding of Parkinson’s disease focused exclusively on the brain, specifically the death of dopamine-producing neurons that control movement. This narrow view shaped ...

An estimated 1.1 million Americans are living with Parkinson’s disease (PD), making it the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s. “Parkinson’s is a disease in which neurons ...

This perspective argues that Parkinson’s disease may involve functional iron deficiency, where bioavailable iron is limited despite normal or elevated total iron in the brain. The authors propose that ...

Iron is one of the most essential minerals for your body however, did you know it can trigger Parkinson’s disease if not ...

A familiar mouth bacterium best known for causing cavities may also be quietly influencing the brain. Scientists found that ...