Parkinson's Disease - Mar 13, 2018 Edition

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March 13, 2018     Parkinson's Disease     The latest Parkinson's disease news from News Medical

New wearable tremor suppression gloves may hold huge benefits for Parkinson's disease patients   A new prototype for wearable tremor suppression gloves has a team of Western University researchers believing real change is on the way for the more than 6 million people in the world afflicted by Parkinson's disease.

TSRI research offers explanation for why neurons die off in Parkinson's disease   An estimated 10 million people worldwide are living with Parkinson's disease--an incurable neurodegenerative disorder that leads to an increasing loss of motor control.         Study uncovers new target in Parkinson’s disease   A new study has uncovered a relationship between the presence of Lewy bodies and neuronal cell death in Parkinson's disease.

Individual damaged nerve cells cause neurodegenerative diseases   If the sense of smell disappears, this can indicate a disease such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease. However, unlike previously assumed, general degenerations in the nervous system do not play a leading role in the loss of the sense of smell with increasing age, but individual nerve cells or classes of nerves are decisive.       Low protein levels linked to posture and gait problems in Parkinson’s, finds study   A new study has linked low levels of alpha-synuclein in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Parkinson’s to postural instability and gait difficulty.       Tears may be reliable, noninvasive biological marker of Parkinson's disease   Tears may hold clues to whether someone has Parkinson's disease, according to a preliminary study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 70th Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, April 21 to 27, 2018.       University of Guelph researcher discovers cause of nerve cell death in Parkinson's disease   A University of Guelph researcher has discovered one of the factors behind nerve cell death in Parkinson's disease, unlocking the potential for treatment to slow the progression of this fatal neurodegenerative disorder.       Study describes new protection mechanisms to fight neurodegeneration in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's   A new research study reveals RAC1 protein could be a new therapeutic target to study the molecular mechanisms related to the neurodegenerative processes in Parkinson's disease.

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