… to play the guitar before seeking out more advanced lessons from a coworker. In 2008, he joined a band. "He was good. … fact that anybody can listen. Now, he's getting downloads from all over!" says Joli. Joli chose this particular song … it took." The family is generously donating all proceeds from the song to The Michael J. Fox Foundation. After the …

… This grant builds upon the research from a prior grant: Development of a Model of Postural … role for these neurons in the control of gait and posture. From these results, we propose to analyze the effect of the … reversed by dopamine agonist treatment and differed from those developed by pre-clinical models with a bilateral …

… This grant builds upon the research from a prior grant: Role of lymphocyte brain infiltration in … with the real pathology using postmortem tissue specimens from patients with Parkinson disease. Importance of This … Research for the Development of a New PD Therapy: Results from this project should provide the basis for a targeted …

… There is a significant literature (mostly based on cases from the Spanish Influenza outbreak of 1918) that has … could directly infect the brain, most likely traveling from the enteric and peripheral nervous systems into the … CNS. Once in the CNS, the pattern of infection progressed from brainstem to cortex. Examination of the basal ganglia …

… model of PD. A number of Rapid Response projects from prior years received additional funding in 2009 to … with an electrocardiogram. With supplemental funding from MJFF, Dr. Langston is now following up with patients from his study to see which of them has developed PD in …

… Dr. Scherzer developed a set of gene expression markers from blood of PD patients that hold potential to be further … markers will be tested for their ability to distinguish PD from healthy and other neurological disease controls. … Biomarkers 2007 is made possible with leadership support from The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Board of Directors and …