Parkinson’s disease is a devastating condition whereby neurons in a specific region of the brain that controls movement lose functionality or die. This brain region is known as the substantia nigra — ...

In a recent study published in Progress in Neurobiology, researchers discover that the substantia nigra of individuals with Parkinson’s disease had a higher concentration of pheomelanin, as well as ...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is an age-related, progressive neurodegenerative disorder. The hallmark of PD pathogenesis is the ...

Preclinical data demonstrates that Shape’s engineered AAV5 variant, SHP-DB1, efficiently targets the NHP brain after intravenous injection and transduces >95% of neurons in the Parkinson's ...

Devastating neurological diseases leave behind biological clues in the body. Like Sherlock Holmes, scientists identify and trace these clues back to the disorder in order to paint a more complete ...

Researchers have discovered how a surface protein on brain cells, called Aplp1, can play a role in spreading material responsible for Parkinson's disease from cell to cell in the brain. In a paper ...

After years of research, data have been released about Parkinson's disease that may change the course of the disease and consequently of the patients who suffer from it. On the one hand, the ...

Early treatment of obstructive sleep apnea may decrease the risk of Parkinson's disease, a new study published Monday finds.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Olatec Therapeutics, Inc. (Olatec), a leader in the developing class of selective NLRP3 inhibitors, today announced that Cure Parkinson’s granted an award to initiate a ...