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Identification of RNAs in Carrier Protein and Exosomes Compared to RNA Found in the Whole Sample
… 30 patients with PD and 30 normal controls. Relevance to Diagnosis/Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease: … Identification of biomarkers is an important task for early diagnosis, as well as evaluation of potential new treatments … Research Grant …
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Comparing the Effectiveness of Two Imaging Methods for Monitoring the Progression of Parkinson’s Disease
… correlate with the cognitive and movement symptoms in early versus advanced Parkinson’s disease. Study Design: We will study 25 individuals with early to moderate Parkinson’s disease who show no … and cognitive symptoms in each participant. Impact on Diagnosis/Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease: DaTScan is …
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Modeling Parkinson’s Disease in Pre-clinical Models and Models Via Overexpression of Irregular-type and Mutant Alpha-synuclein
… brains using a safe virus. This will help us study the early changes in the brain that happen in Parkinson's … Hypothesis: We believe that putting extra alpha-synuclein into each model brains will cause movement problems and … the protein affects brain health and movement. Impact on Diagnosis/Treatment of Parkinson’s disease: This project …
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Developing A Resource for Exploring the Molecular Markers of Parkinson’s Disease
… evidence, we can begin translating these insights into products that can improve the clinical management of … of PD: the time between symptom onset and formal clinical diagnosis. This study proposes to leverage the biospecimen … data resource will accelerate the generation of insights into the mechanisms and signatures of PD, with a particular …
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Laboratory Phenotyping of Parkinson Disease Subjects Using a Multiplex Approach
… This grant builds upon the research from a prior grant: Studies on the effects of … of a combination of laboratory markers for the better and early diagnosis and to possibly objectively measure progression of … MJFF Research Grant …
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Pre-formed Fibril-seeded Synucleinopathy: Impact on Proinflammatory Cytokines and Contralateral Excitotoxicity
… This grant builds upon the research from a prior grant: Optimization of Nigrostriatal … unilateral injection of preformed alpha-synuclein fibrils into pre-clinical models. We also observed a distinct … to degeneration, could provide an important biomarker of early PD. …