Spotlight on Parkinson's Disease: Staying Healthy, Keeping Fit Featured Presenter: Terry Ellis, PhD, PT, NCS, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training, Director, Center for Neurorehabilitation, Boston University, College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College Boston, MA| American Parkinson Disease Association
Investigator: Laura Volpicelli-Daley, PhD Name of Institution: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL Project Title: mGluR4 activation to rescue amygdala defects caused by aggregated alpha-synuclein Investigator Bio: Dr. Laura Volpicelli-Daley is an Associate Professor of Neurology at University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Parkinson Association of Alabama Endowed Professor. She earned her PhD in […]| American Parkinson Disease Association
Investigator: William Zeiger, MD, PhD Name of Institution: University of California – Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA Project Title: Mechanisms of posterior cortical circuit dysfunction and cognitive impairment in a mouse model of PD Investigator Bio: Dr. Zeiger is a physician scientist in the Department of Neurology at the University of California – Los Angeles […]| American Parkinson Disease Association
Skin Biopsy Update: The latest news re: efficacy and usefulness in Parkinson’s disease diagnosis, now and in the future A newly published study assessed the ability of a skin biopsy to diagnose Parkinson’s disease (PD) and related disorders and demonstrated that it was very accurate in distinguishing between those who had the disorders and those […]| American Parkinson Disease Association
Renowned researcher Alice Lazzarini, PhD chronicles the connection between pα-syn, tau, and mitochondrial degradation, and how it may lead to new treatments.| American Parkinson Disease Association
New Research for a Parkinson’s Biomarker Exciting Parkinson’s disease (PD) news was announced last week, based on a newly published medical research study. The article reported on the results of using an established test on cerebral spinal fluid to detect abnormal alpha-synuclein as a way of confirming the diagnosis of PD and even diagnosing PD […]| American Parkinson Disease Association
Dementia is an umbrella term that is defined by a decline in memory and cognitive, or thinking, skills to a level that interferes with normal function. It is normal for older people to have more problems remembering names and faces than they had before, but this does not interfere with normal activities in most cases. […]| American Parkinson Disease Association
Learn about side effects, how carbidopa/levodopa works, what happens if you miss a dose, and about the different forms, such as Sinemet.| American Parkinson Disease Association
What role does DaTscan have in the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease? Learn what a positive or negative result may mean for diagnosis.| American Parkinson Disease Association
