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Gut-to-brain Circuit Contributions to Parkinson-like Phenotypes in Disease Models
… affect the brain alone, the field has only recently started to investigate gut dysfunction in experimental models of PD. … disruption of ENS circuitry mitigates gut-brain disease outcome and evaluate whether spiny mice (a rodent model that … symptoms of PD. Next Steps for Development: A successful outcome will not only open doors to future integrated efforts …
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Help Us Advocate to Expand Access to High-Quality Care for Parkinson's Patients
June 11, 2024
… Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) , we know how critical access to high-quality health care providers, tests and therapies … the following bills to improve access to care for people with Parkinson’s disease, and you can join us! The Safe … prescribes a drug treatment, the patient’s health insurance company may deny coverage and instead require them to try …
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From Psychiatry to Parkinson’s: One Researcher’s Lasting Commitment to Advancing a Cure for Parkinson’s
September 26, 2024
… focused her research on genetic conditions among the Amish community, ultimately leading to discoveries on the genetics of mental illness in a … including a very dear friend, who passed away after living with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Having witnessed the …
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A Search for Answers Leads One Patient to Genetics
June 28, 2012
… Sharon Rybicki of Sarasota, FL, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1998. Only 43 years old at the time, she … someone diagnosed even younger, and look what he was doing to bring attention to this disease.” Being a user and … with Parkinson’s, she became a part of the 23andMe community. Sharon’s husband, Rick, is a control volunteer …
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NY Times: Exercise Boosts Brain Health, But You Have to Stick to It
January 11, 2013
… it or lose it. That's the advice of researchers delving into how long the " brain-boosting " effects of exercise last. … skittered on their wheels. The animals were also injected with a substance that marks newborn neurons in the … neurons. A separate control group was housed in cages with locked wheels, so that they remained sedentary. They …
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Fox Insight Brings Research to You, at Home
June 4, 2020
… The following story appeared in our Spring/Summer 2020 edition of The Fox … this story and more, download the full edition . When it comes to understanding Parkinson’s disease (PD) and … it’s vital to integrate the perspectives of people living with the disease. When Michael J. Fox launched the …