… No objective measurement — or biomarker — currently exists to diagnose Parkinson’s disease (PD). Instead, doctors must … tests might provide a convenient route toward early and precise diagnoses. This and previous MJFF-funded work … undergo tests (including MRI and DaTscan imaging), and complete cognitive and motor examinations. A biomarker would …

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… that cognitive problems such as dementia may be more common in South Asian and Black people compared to Whites. Additional differences in mood and hallucinations … in South Asian, White and Black people with PD, but we predict that some of these apparent differences may be …

… Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) announces 129 grants that total more than $40.2 million awarded in August and … PD 20 years ago, and they are now understood to be the most common causes of inherited PD. The mutations typically … Therapeutics, researchers are developing a novel drug to prevent dopamine degeneration by stopping mitochondria from …

… affect the brain alone, the field has only recently started to investigate gut dysfunction in experimental models of PD. … circuit mechanisms underlying gut-to-brain disease spread and progression in the earliest appearance of … disruption of ENS circuitry mitigates gut-brain disease outcome and evaluate whether spiny mice (a rodent model that …