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Tag Archives: Dopamine Neuron Degeneration
Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Week 2017 (BBC News / Nature Biotechnology / Parkinson’s UK)
Summary Researchers hope one day to be able to replace the damaged dopamine-producing neurons at the root-cause of by Parkinson’s Disease by injecting new replacement brain cells, possibly derived from re-programmed astrocytes. Full Text Link Reference Brain cell therapy ‘promising’ … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Studies, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, In the News, International, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Fungal Mould Implicated in Parkinson’s Disease? (NHS Choices / Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America)
Summary A recent NHS Choices critical appraisal has covered research which has been misunderstood by the media as implying that living in mouldy environments can increase the risk of developing Parkinson’s Disease. Researchers exposed fruit flies to 1-octen-3-ol; a molecule … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Studies, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Parkinson's Disease, Quick Insights
Tagged Behind the Headlines, Critical Appraisals, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology: Rutgers, Dopamine, Dopamine Neuron Degeneration, Drosophila melanogaster, Fruit Flies, Fungal Mould, Fungal-Derived Semiochemical 1-octen-3-ol, Human Plasma Membrane Dopamine Transporter (DAT), Mould, Mouldy Environments, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Neurodegeneration, New Brunswick and Emory University, Parkinsonism, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Risk Factors, Rutgers University Research Fund, Rutgers: State University of New Jersey, Tyrosine Hydroxylase, United States, USA, Vesicular Monoamine Transporter (VMAT), VMAT2, Volatile Fungal Semiochemical 1-octen-3-ol
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