A team of neuroscientists in Australia has found that restoring copper levels in the brain dramatically reduced Parkinson-like damage in mice. The approach restored a protein’s function, and the same ...

Oak Cliff native Katherine Craft is the writer and director of the new audio comedy series "Shaky," which debuted July 3 on Amazon’s Audible service. The nine-episode series is about a Texas musician ...

The findings of two recent studies give hope that the disease could one day be reversed in humans—but experts warn that this ...

Autism spectrum disorder is tied to an increased risk for Parkinson disease, even after adjusting for depression and antipsychotic/antidepressant use.

A groundbreaking new study out of Northwestern Medicine may offer new hope for the more than one million Americans living ...

Parkinson's disease affects approximately 10 million people worldwide. It typically begins asymmetrically, initially ...

A breakthrough brain scan shows Parkinson’s drugs can misfire in the brain, helping some patients less than others. The fix?

By shutting down a hyperactive enzyme, scientists got damaged brain cells to regrow their lost “antennae” and restart ...

Stanford researchers discovered that dialing down an overactive enzyme, LRRK2, can regrow lost cellular “antennae” in key ...

Putting the brakes on an enzyme might rescue neurons that are dying in Parkinson's disease, stabilizing the progression of ...

Putting the brakes on an enzyme might rescue neurons that are dying due to a type of Parkinson's disease that's caused by a ...

Cellular antennae About 25% of Parkinson's disease cases are caused by genetic mutations ... and release a signal in the striatum called sonic hedgehog (named after the cartoon character). In a ...