-
Reuters: Constipation: An Early Sign of Parkinson's?
December 1, 2009
… talking. The disease alters the body’s autonomic nervous system, which controls spontaneous body processes such as … has many causes not specifically related to nervous system function it is not a specific marker for Parkinson’s …
-
A Comparative Performance Study between High and Standard Resolution Positron Emission Tomography Camera using [18F]AV-133 in Prodromal Parkinson’s Disease [Dual PET AV133 in Prodromal PD]
… will focus on the integration of high-resolution camera systems to enhance the sensitivity and quantitative accuracy … imaging in PD. Incorporating high-resolution imaging systems into ongoing and future studies will be a step …
-
Breaking News: Addex Therapeutics Announces Reorganization to Focus on Clinical Pipeline
February 8, 2013
… to the clinic.” Rather than targeting the brain’s dopamine system, the Addex drug targets a different part of the brain , the glutamate system. Specifically, it is designed to inhibit the activity …
-
Eugene Johnson, PhD, to Serve as MJFF Chief Scientific Advisor
February 17, 2006
… renowned for his research on the death of nervous system cells during normal development and in response to … critical for the development and maintenance of the nervous system. These proteins are an MJFF research priority because … Dr. Johnson’s research has also helped explain how nervous system cells die without sufficient amounts of neurotrophic …
-
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Awards Over $2 Million to Study Role of Protein Degradation in Parkinson's
January 13, 2003
… evidence that degenerative diseases of the central nervous system are characterized by the over-accumulation of … Transcriptional Activity by the Ubiquitin Proteasome System” Edward A. Fon, MD, FRCP Montreal Neurological … Neurons Using a Mouse Model of Ubiquitin-proteasome System Dysfunction” Leondardo Petrucelli, PhD Mayo Clinic …
-
Heiko Braak, MD, Author of Parkinson's Staging Procedure, Honored with 2014 Robert A. Pritzker Prize
April 22, 2014
… Ulm University in Germany — outlined a Parkinson’s staging system, which describes the regional distribution and … that alpha-synuclein aggregation could begin in the nervous system of the gastrointestinal tract and migrate from there to the central nervous system. As motor symptoms associated with dopamine cell …