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Michael J. Fox Foundation Honors Virginia Man-Yee Lee, PhD, with Robert A. Pritzker Prize for Leadership in Parkinson's Research
November 12, 2018
… that misfolded proteins are transmitted through the nervous system, contributing to Parkinson's and other … and the relationship of Parkinson's to diseases such as multiple system atrophy and Alzheimer's. She also is a partner in MJFF's …
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Michael J. Fox Foundation and Tau Consortium Announce Partnership to Develop New Imaging Tools for Devastating Neurodegenerative Diseases
October 24, 2017
… diseases -- Parkinson's disease, Lewy body dementia, multiple system atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy and frontotemporal …
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What We Fund: $13.7M to Studies toward Measuring Mobility Outcomes and Profiling Genes in Parkinson’s
June 23, 2023
… itself to alpha-synuclein in pre-clinical models of PD and Multiple System Atrophy (MSA). The aim is to detect alpha-synuclein presence …
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Closing In on a Groundbreaking Imaging Tool for Parkinson's Disease
December 20, 2024
… and participants with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), multiple system atrophy (MSA) and Parkinson’s disease (PD). PHOTO COURTESY …
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Research Perspective: Alpha-Synuclein Imaging
July 30, 2020
… first tracer. Alpha-synuclein accumulates in the brain in multiple forms, and these different forms may have an impact … such as dementia with Lewy bodies and multiple system atrophy (MSA). More tracers mean better diagnosis and …
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Esko Kinnunen, MD, PhD
… my doctoral thesis on the epidemiology and genetics of multiple sclerosis in Finland. Thereafter, I published … MS. I have also published articles on central nervous system infections (viral meningitis, listeria, …