Antipsychotic drugs may increase the risk of death in people with Parkinson’s disease psychosis (PDP), according to a new study. PDP affects more than 50 per cent of people with Parkinson’s at some point in their condition and antipsychotic drugs are often used to treat this psychosis, yet there is little evidence to support their use.
Source:: Science Daily
The Parkinson Association of Alabama is thankful for it’s partnership with UAB and proud of their ongoing research contributions to accelerate a cure for Parkinson’s Disease. We are excited to share the 2015 Parkinson’s Research Progress Report from the UAB Department of Neurology and hope you’ll take a moment to review.
Researchers believe they have found a potential new way to target cells of the brain affected by Parkinson’s disease. The new technique is relatively non-invasive and has worked to improve symptoms of the disease in rats.
Source:: Science Daily
Scientists have made advances in understanding the process involved in the progression and spread of Parkinson’s disease within the brain. The study focused on understanding the process that drives the disease’s progression by mapping the distribution and degree of atrophy, characteristic of the disease, in certain brain regions and identify the paths leading the spread from affected to healthy tissue.
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Parkinson’s patients often become sedentary because of motor symptoms such as gait, balance problems or falls. However, new research finds that non-exercise physical activity, more than occasional trips to the gym, is linked to less severe motor symptoms.
Source:: Science Daily
PAA is thrilled to be a part of the Find a Potion for Parkinson’s event – a 10K/5K and 1 mile fun run/walk from our friends in Jasper on Halloween morning. All proceeds benefit Parkinson’s disease research and we can’t wait to see you there!
Location: Jasper, Alabama (Gamble Park) 10K/5K starts at 9:00 – Fun run/walk starts at 8:30
As a potential treatment for Parkinson’s disease, scientists have created smarter immune cells that produce and deliver a healing protein to the brain while also teaching neurons to begin making the protein for themselves.
Source:: Science Daily
Researchers have discovered why long-term use of levodopa treatment commonly leads to a side effect that can be as debilitating as Parkinson’s disease itself.
Source:: Science Daily
People with Parkinson’s disease (PD) tend to slow down and decrease the intensity of their movements even though many retain the ability to move quickly and forcefully. Now, scientists report evidence that the slowdown likely arises from the brain’s ‘cost/benefit analysis,’ which gets skewed by the loss of dopamine in people with PD. In addition, their small study demonstrated that noninvasive electrical stimulation of the brain corrected temporarily improved some patients’ motor symptoms.
Source:: Science Daily
