Brain Zapper Eases Parkinson's
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To slow the progress of the dread disease, doctors plant electrodes deep in my brain. Then they turn on the juice. By Steven Gulie from Wired magazine.
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NEW YORK  - Evidence continues to mount that people who suffer from Parkinson's disease may have trouble driving safely, particularly when faced with everyday distractions like talking to a passenger or on a cell phone.
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Researchers use gene therapy to stop pain signals before they reach the brain.
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Well-designed studies suggest several ways to improve the brainâs viability.
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New research into Parkinson&#39;s disease is helping scientists better understand some of the mechanisms of this serious and disabling brain disorder, which affects about 1 million people in the United States.
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Dopamine is the mainstay of treatment for people with Parkinson's disease, but it comes with a down side. Dopamine-based therapy impairs the brain's ability to respond quickly to learning challenges, investigators report.
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Turning specific cells on and off in fly brains can help researchers understand how individual parts of a complex system affect the whole animal.
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US researchers show that a computer can be controlled by the brain without the need for implants.
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A new drug called rasagiline reduces fluctuations in the control of movement by people with Parkinson's disease who are being treated with the standard rug levodopa, researchers report.
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A new study may prove exercise to be an effective treatment for Parkinson&#39;s Disease (PD). &#39;Our data suggest the possibility that exercise can make dopamine neurons resistant to neurotoxins and may therefore
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NEW YORK  - Electrical stimulation of a  brain region called the subthalamic nucleus provides only  modest benefits to patients with Parkinson's disease, according  to a report in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and  Psychiatry.
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An astonishing new technology allows one set of sensory information to substitute for another in the brain.
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Not only is the tango a dance of romance and passion, it also helps improve balance and mobility in people with Parkinson's disease, a new study suggests.
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Two studies published on Thursday offer new hope for Parkinson's disease -- one using gene therapy to treat the symptoms and another investigating a drug that might stop the incurable disease in its tracks.
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The first attempt at gene therapy against Parkinson&#39;s disease has yielded promising results and is safe, according to early data from this ground-breaking experiment.
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NEW YORK  - Electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve, which originates in the brain and then branches widely throughout the neck, chest and abdomen, seems to help some people with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study.
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Deep brain electrical  stimulation appears to be more effective than the best medical  treatment in reducing motor symptoms and improving quality of  life in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease, according  to the results of a clinical trial.