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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
Alzheimer's / Dementia
Insight Into Cell Aging Likely Following Discovery Of Extremely Long-Lived Proteins
One of the big mysteries in biology is why cells age. Now scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies report that they have discovered a weakness in a component of brain cells that may explain how the aging process occurs in the brain...
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
Parkinson's Disease
The Development Of Parkinson's Cells Visualized By Researchers
In the US alone, at least 500,000 people suffer from Parkinson's disease, a neurological disorder that affects a person's ability to control his or her movement. New technology from the University of Bonn in Germany lets researchers observe the development of the brain cells responsible for the disease...
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Neurology / Neuroscience
Prion-Like Protein Plays A Key Role In Storing Long-Term Memories
Memories in our brains are maintained by connections between neurons called "synapses"...
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Nutrition / Diet
New Standard For Vitamin D Testing To Ensure Accurate Test Results
At a time of increasing concern about low vitamin D levels in the world's population and increased use of blood tests for the vitamin, scientists are reporting development of a much-needed reference material to assure that measurements of vitamin D levels are accurate. The report appears in ACS' journal Analytical Chemistry...
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
Parkinson's Disease
Protein Identified That Contributes To Symptoms Of Parkinson's Disease
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes, an independent and nonprofit biomedical-research organization, have identified a protein that exacerbates symptoms of Parkinson's disease - a discovery that could one day lead to new treatments for people who suffer from this devastating neurodegenerative illness...
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:00:00 PST
Parkinson's Disease
First Step In Strategy For Cell Replacement Therapy In Parkinson's Disease
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) are a promising avenue for cell replacement therapy in neurologic diseases. For example, mouse and human iPSCs have been used to generate dopaminergic (DA) neurons that improve symptoms in rat Parkinson's disease models...
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PST
Parkinson's Disease
Inability To Express Emotion May Be An Early Symptom Of Parkinson's Disease
Alexithymia, a person's state of deficiency in understanding, processing, or describing emotions, has been strongly linked to depression in both clinical and general populations, and even though symptoms of alexithymia and depression can be partially overlapping, they are not all related to depressive symptoms and therefore highlight the relative independence of the two disorders...


Resources for Parkinson's Disease
More links will be added as they become available. Thank You


Parkinson's Action Network - http://www.parkinsonsaction.org

Take Charge! Cure Parkinson's, Inc. - http://www.cureparkinsons.org

YoungParkinsons.com - http://www.youngparkinsons.com

PD Index - http://pdindex.org


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