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Pascal Derkinderen, MD, PhD
… research team devoted to the study of the enteric nervous system in Parkinson’s disease. …
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Antonio P. Strafella, MD, PhD, FRCPC
… scientist in the Division of Brain Imaging & Behaviour Systems at the Toronto Western Research Institute and …
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Repositioning BCG Vaccination as an Immunostimulant for Slowing the Progression of PD
… We recently demonstrated that strong immune system stimulation created by treating pre-clinical models … can have a restorative effect on nigrostriatal dopamine system integrity and limit potentially deleterious …
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LRRK2 Effects on Neural Differentiation
… have provided the field with tools that can be used to systematically investigate roles for LRRK2 during neuronal … neurons grown in culture have served as an excellent model system in which to evaluate neural differentiation. The pre-clinical and culture model systems together will permit us to determine definitively …
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CAPTURE-PD: Cutaneous Autonomic Pilomotor Testing to Unveil the Role of Neuropathy Progression in Early Parkinson’s Disease
… not only affect movement but also the autonomic nervous system. Since most people start developing the disease in … diseases with involvement of the autonomic nervous system. While this process will begin in the participating …