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Development of PD Biomarkers Using Focused Ultrasound-based Noninvasive Biopsy
… tool. Next Steps for Development: An FDA-approved FUS system has been acquired by BCM and we have initiated … collaborative discussions with the manufacturers to use the system for the development of PD biomarkers in humans. BCM …
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Ask Your Senators to Support National Parkinson’s Data Collection
March 2, 2016
… ET today. This bill would create a national data collection system for PD and other neurological diseases at the Centers … and prevalence (number of all cases) of Parkinson’s. This system would collect data on a number of factors, including …
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Sexual Dysfunction and Parkinson's Disease
September 17, 2015
… by adding a password. Your information is already in our system. Login here to register. Register Thank you for your … CUCNS Director of Sexual Health NorthShore University HealthSystem, Illinois Daniel Weintraub, MD Daniel Weintraub, MD University of Pennsylvania Health System Dave Iverson Moderator …
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In vivo functional and molecular studies in a new model of Parkinson's disease generated usingviral vectors to deliver human alpha-synuclein
… protein. a-Synuclein is expressed widely in the nervous system and is normally present as an unfolded protein. In PD … a-synuclein accumulation in neurons throughout the nervous system, however, with very little or no PD-like pathology in …
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BIOLOGY IS THE DISEASE: Identifying Biological Endophenotypes Based on Alpha-synuclein and AD Pathology Profiles and Evaluate NSD-ISS Stage 3-6
… trajectories, (III) the newly proposed NSD-ISS staging system (Neuronal α-Synuclein Disease Integrated Staging System). To this end we will analyze 5 large longitudinal …
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Biomarkers and Immunotherapy for Parkinson's Disease
… : We theorize that the interplay between the immune system and the brain plays a substantive role in the … of Parkinson’s disease. Moreover, we posit that the immune system becomes dysfunctional as a result of the continuous … dead or dying nigral neurons and present in the lymphoid system. The deficit occurs in a class of lymphocytes present …