Researchers have discovered how a cell surface protein called Aplp1 can play a role in spreading material responsible for ...

Innovative treatment for Parkinson's disease: microscopic particles combined with light therapy offer a non-surgical solution ...

A novel wireless photothermal DBS nanosystem uses nanoparticles to target and restore damaged neurons in Parkinson’s disease, ...

Stop the Spread. Injecting saline into mouse kidneys did not affect the left or right substantia nigra (top). Injecting fibrils of α-synuclein ablated about half of the dopaminergic neurons (middle ...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, primarily characterized by motor dysfunction.

A nanoparticle-based wireless deep brain stimulation system has been shown to reverse Parkinson's disease in groundbreaking ...

When they analysed the substantia nigra they recorded a rapid loss of Substance P (a key chemical involved ... Our work identifying that a silent stroke can lead to Parkinson’s disease shows it is ...

The substantia ... [+] nigra plays an important role in reward, addiction, and movement. Degeneration of this structure is characteristic of Parkinson's disease. In late 2018, Japanese ...

In the days before the technique was developed, treatment for Parkinson’s disease meant ... cable implants to illuminate the brain’s substantia nigra with near infrared light, which is thought ...

Researchers developed a wireless photothermal nanosystem using gold nanoshells to stimulate thermosensitive TRPV1 receptors ...