… (PPMI) and the study’s latest plans for expansion into studying biomarkers associated with mutations of the … in PPMI, told Winslow. The article also mentioned MJFF’s early funding of Amicus Therapeutics , which entered into a partnership with Biogen Idec last week to pursue …

… of FDG PET in the prediction of the clinical course in early parkinsonism. Project Description:  Over the past 5 years, approximately 70 patients with early stages of parkinsonism underwent DaT Scan and FDG PET … Medicine at Yale University for analysis.   Relevance to Diagnosis/Treatment of Parkinson’s disease:   There is …

… Kaitlyn P. Roland completed her PhD research at the University of British Columbia (2012), which … that support hatha yoga for persons with PD. This is clearly an area of research that is just starting to gain … posture. Greater hip mobility from yoga may translate into improvements in shuffling gait experienced by many …

… gene, in which most mutations are found, leading to an early onset form of parkinsonism. In addition several new … the involvement of this pathway in the pathogenesis of PD. Researchers also have suggested the involvement of other … in this gene can lead to Parkinson's disease. This research will possibly provide us with a new opening to …

… know if they’ve gotten the drug or the placebo. Why can’t researchers just test the active agent? If you’re told you … the drug (but without them knowing which they’ve gotten), researchers can test to see if the people who got the drug … He talked to us about his recently published research into mapping response to sham (placebo) surgery and how his …