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New Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) System Approved for Parkinson's
December 15, 2017
… Boston Scientific's Vercise deep brain stimulation (DBS) system for Parkinson's disease. This device has been … Abbott's Infinity DBS devices on the U.S. market. All DBS systems have the same basic components and work in similar …
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Characterization of Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Subtypes Using Multiple Immunologic and Genetic Markers
… We hypothesize that genetic data related to the immune system holds valuable information regarding the onset and … based on the available genetic data, focusing on the immune system. From these characterizations, we will extract …
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Eureka Aleart: Small Molecules Found to Protect Cells in Multiple Models of Parkinson's Disease
December 28, 2009
… of protecting cells from alpha-synuclein toxicity in multiple models of Parkinson's disease, according to … this research, we used yeast as a Parkinson's disease model system to identify the compounds that really work in two …
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Brainstem and Olfactory System Biomarkers of Early Parkinson's Disease
… earliest brain pathology of PD occurs outside of the motor system, namely in the olfactory bulbs (brain regions that …
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Does Sporadic Parkinson's Disease Begin in the Enteric Nervous System?
… involves a few nerve cell types within the human nervous system. A retrospective cross-sectional post-mortem staging … Parkinson's disease begins outside of the central nervous system. Our project aims to test whether the enteric nervous …