Copyright 2010 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/parkinsons_disease/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3xmmhttp://mnt.to/f/3xmmWorkers exposed to tricholorethylene (TCE), a chemical widely used to clean metal such as auto parts, may be at a significantly higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 62nd Annual Meeting in Toronto April 10 to April 17, 2010...Parkinson's Disease Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3xhdhttp://mnt.to/f/3xhdThe Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) has announced the completion of a strategic alliance and affiliation agreement with the Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) that will maximize the research capabilities of both non-profit institutes...Cancer / Oncology Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3x9zhttp://mnt.to/f/3x9zScientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Wellcome Trust at the University of Birmingham have carried out "laboratory gunfights" to show that we move faster when we react to something in our environment than we do when we initiate the action ourselves- an idea inspired by cowboy movies but in reality more useful for avoiding oncoming traffic...Neurology / Neuroscience Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3x8shttp://mnt.to/f/3x8sPeople with Parkinson's disease suffer social difficulties simply because of the way they talk, a McGill University researcher has discovered. Marc Pell, at McGill's School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, has learned that many people develop negative impressions about individuals with Parkinson's disease, based solely on how they communicate...Parkinson's Disease Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3x7Bhttp://mnt.to/f/3x7BIn a first-of-its-kind study, Medical College of Georgia researchers are testing whether simulation driving can reduce Parkinson's patients' threefold increased risk of car accidents. Drivers with Parkinson's disease are three times more likely to have a car accident than healthy drivers because of cognitive, motor and visuospatial impairments...Parkinson's Disease Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3x48http://mnt.to/f/3x48People across England will be joining forces to demonstrate their outrage at Gordon Brown's failure to act on his promise to abolish prescription charges for people with long-term conditions, by taking part in a simultaneous 'wake-up phone call' to No 10...Respiratory / Asthma Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3x3Thttp://mnt.to/f/3x3TSynosia Therapeutics announced interim positive data from a Phase IIa clinical study of an adenosine 2a (A2a) receptor antagonist (SYN115) in Parkinson's disease. The Phase IIa trial was a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study in 24 Parkinson's patients using doses up to 120mg/day for one week...Parkinson's Disease Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wTbhttp://mnt.to/f/3wTbThe largest epidemiological study of Parkinson's disease in the United States has found that the disease is more common in the Midwest and the Northeast and is twice as likely to strike whites and Hispanics as blacks and Asians...Parkinson's Disease Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wRfhttp://mnt.to/f/3wRfAt Scott & White Memorial Hospital, a multi-disciplinary team of neurosurgeons, neurologists, neurophysiologist, neuropsychologists and a movement disorders specialist are offering hope to some Parkinson's patients with a treatment called Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)...Parkinson's Disease Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wRRhttp://mnt.to/f/3wRRThe BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Biomedicine category goes in this second edition to Prof. Robert J. Lefkowitz (1943, New York, United States), investigator in the Department of Medicine at Duke University (United States)...Neurology / Neuroscience Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wN5http://mnt.to/f/3wN5Researchers have identified a compound that mimics one of the brain's own growth factors and can protect brain cells against damage in several animal models of neurological disease. 7,8-dihydroxyflavone is a member of the flavonoid family of chemicals, which are abundant in fruits and vegetables...Neurology / Neuroscience Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wJGhttp://mnt.to/f/3wJGUCLA researchers have discovered that a specific type of medication used to treat cardiovascular conditions such as hypertension, angina and abnormal heart rhythms may also decrease the risk of developing Parkinson's disease. In the first large-scale population-based study of its kind, Dr...Parkinson's Disease Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wGbhttp://mnt.to/f/3wGbBiomedical scientists from the University of Central Florida and Louisiana State University have identified a way to block a "cell death signal" that they believe triggers brain damage during strokes. Strokes, also known as cerebral ischemia, are caused by inadequate blood flow to the brain and are the third-leading cause of death in the United States...Stroke Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wCDhttp://mnt.to/f/3wCDScientists who have identified brain networks damaged in Parkinson's disease have new evidence that these systems become abnormal a few years before symptoms appear. And what's more, parts of the network appear to respond in a last ditch attempt to rescue the brain...Parkinson's Disease Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wCHhttp://mnt.to/f/3wCHA new brain-based computational model is helping to understand how Parkinson's disease and dopamine medications - used to treat motor symptoms caused by the disease - can affect learning and attention. As reported in a forthcoming article in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/jocn.2010.21420, a new computational model, developed by Drs...Parkinson's Disease Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wyqhttp://mnt.to/f/3wyqTreadmill training can be used to help people with Parkinson's disease achieve better walking movements, say researchers. In a systematic review of the evidence, Cochrane Researchers concluded treadmill training could be used to improve specific gait parameters in Parkinson's patients...Parkinson's Disease Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wtZhttp://mnt.to/f/3wtZCognitive fluctuations, or episodes when train of thought temporarily is lost, are more likely to occur in older persons who are developing Alzheimer's disease than in their healthy peers, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Cognitive fluctuations include excessive daytime sleepiness, staring into space and disorganized or illogical thinking...Alzheimer's / Dementia Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wrYhttp://mnt.to/f/3wrYAn international team of doctors and human geneticists has identified a new genetic risk factor for Parkinson's disease...Parkinson's Disease Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wmWhttp://mnt.to/f/3wmWPeople with Parkinson's Disease are more likely to display abnormal social behaviour and make poor decisions in ambiguous circumstances if they are pathological gamblers, according to research in the January issue of the European Journal of Neurology...Parkinson's Disease Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wmYhttp://mnt.to/f/3wmYScientists identified several molecules capable of reversing the brain abnormalities of Parkinson's disease (PD), while also uncovering new clues for its origin in a study just published in the journal Disease Models and Mechanisms (1)...Parkinson's Disease Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wkkhttp://mnt.to/f/3wkkMIT neuroscientists have discovered that when it comes to new neurons in the adult brain, the squeakiest wheels get the grease. "Before, scientists believed the cells with the most accurate performance were selected and the others were rejected," said Picower Institute for Learning and Memory researcher Carlos Lois...Neurology / Neuroscience Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wkrhttp://mnt.to/f/3wkrNew research unravels the brain mechanisms that underlie the ability of a standard drug treatment for Parkinson's to elicit compulsive behaviors in some patients with the disease...Parkinson's Disease Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3whvhttp://mnt.to/f/3whvWe all have at one time or another experienced the typical signs of an infection: the fever, the listlessness, the lack of appetite. They are orchestrated by the brain in response to circulating cytokines, the signaling molecules of the immune system. But just how cytokines' reach extends beyond the almost impenetrable blood-brain barrier has been the topic of much dispute...Neurology / Neuroscience Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wcjhttp://mnt.to/f/3wcjNeurAxon, Inc., a development-stage pharmaceutical company that is designing and developing next-generation pain therapeutics targeting neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), today announced that it has been awarded a grant of $267,000 from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF)...Parkinson's Disease Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3w9phttp://mnt.to/f/3w9pNew research has shown that reducing the dosage of dopamine agonist (DA) drugs, a mainstay treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD), sometimes causes acute withdrawal symptoms similar to those reported by cocaine addicts -- including anxiety, panic attacks, depression, sweating, nausea, generalized pain, fatigue, dizziness and drug cravings...Parkinson's Disease