Tag Archives: Dopamine

Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Week 2017 (BBC News / Nature Biotechnology / Parkinson’s UK)

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

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 | Tagged Ageing Population, Astrocytes, Austria, Awareness and Campaigns, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, BBC Health News, Biomedical Research Institute of Malaga (IBIMA), Cell Replacement Therapy for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Center for Brain Research: Medical University of Vienna, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics: Karolinska Institutet, Department of Molecular Neurosciences: Medical University of Vienna, Department of Neuroscience: Karolinska Institutet, Department of Pharmacology: Malaga University, Dopamine, Dopamine Neuron Degeneration, Faculty of Medicine: Malaga University, Induced Dopamine Neurons (iDANs), Induced Neurons (iNs), Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cells, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Karolinska Institutet, Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology: Karolinska Institutet, Malaga University, Medical University of Vienna, Midbrain Dopamine Neurons (mDAs), Nature Biotechnology (Journal), Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Parkinson's Awareness Month, Parkinson's Awareness Week, Parkinson’s Awareness Week (2017), Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Week (2017), Parkinson’s UK, Parkinson’s UK (Parkinsons Disease Society), Professor David Dexter: Parkinson's UK, Spain Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine: Stanford University, Stanford University, Substantia Nigra, Sweden, United States, USA, World Parkinson’s Day | Leave a comment

Lancet Seminar on Parkinson’s Disease (Lancet / Advances in Integrative Medicine / Translational Proteomics / Parkinson’s UK / BBC News)

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Coinciding with Parkinson’s Awareness Week 2015 (April 20th – 26th 2015), the following Lancet review / seminar covers the clinical features, risk factors, pathology, genetics, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson’s Disease. Full Text Link (Note: This article requires … Continue reading →

Future Stem Cell Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease? (BBC News / Cell Stem Cell)

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, working with rats, have claimed a potential breakthrough in how stem cell-derived dopamine-producing brain cells might, in future, be used to repair the damage in the brain caused by Parkinson’s Disease. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Studies, BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Parkinson's Disease, Quick Insights, Universal Interest | Tagged BBC Health News, Cell Stem Cell (Journal), Collaborative Projects, Collaborative Research, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA), Department of Experimental Medical Science: Lund University, Developmental and Regenerative Neurobiology, Dopamine, ESC-Derived Dopamine Neurons, EU Network TRANSEURO, EU Networks NeuroStemCell and NeuroStemcellRepair, hESC-Derived Midbrain Dopamine Neurons (Rat Model), Human Embryonic Stem Cells (hESCs), Human ESC-Derived Dopamine Neurons, I-Stem: AFM (France), Inserm U861, International Collaborations, Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund University, MIRCen in Paris, Molecular Imaging Research Centre (MIRCen), Neural Stem Cells (NSCs), Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Rat Model of Parkinson’s Disease, Stem Cell Research, Stem Cell Research and Therapy, Stem Cell Therapy for Parkinson's Disease, Stem Cell-Derived Brain Cells, Stem Cells, Sweden, Transplantable Dopamine Neurons, Transplants of hESC-DA, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center: Lund University | Leave a comment

Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Week 2014 (Parkinson’s UK)

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This is Parkinson’s Awareness Week (April 7th – 13th 2014), which presents an opportunity for people to become involved, and to help raise awareness about Parkinson’s Disease and about the activities of Parkinson’s UK. Parkinson’s Disease: Information for Community Pharmacists … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, Community Care, In the News, Integrated Care, National, Parkinson's Disease, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adherence to Medication Routines, Anti-Emetics, Anticholinergics, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Catechol-O-Methyl Transferase Inhibitors, Community Pharmacists, Dopamine, Dopamine Agonists, Drug Side-Effects, Drug Treatments for Parkinson’s Disease, Get It On Time Campaign, Glutamate Antagonist, Harm From Omitted and Delayed Medicines, Local Parkinson’s Disease Experts, Local Pharmacy Services, MAR (Medication Administration Records), Medication Administration Records, Medicines Management, Medicines Optimisation, Medicines to Avoid (Parkinson's Disease), Medicines Use Review (MUR), Monoamine-Oxidase B Inhibitors, Neurological Disorders, Parkinson's Awareness Week, Parkinson’s Awareness Week (2014), Parkinson’s Disease: for Community Pharmacists, Parkinson’s Specialists, Parkinson’s UK, Parkinson’s UK (Parkinsons Disease Society), Parkinsonian Symptoms, Pharmacists, Prescribed Medication Routines, Self-Administration, Supporting People With Hospital Admissions, Timely and Accurate Medication, Timing, Wearing Off | Leave a comment

Parkinson’s Disease: Information for Hospital Pharmacists (Parkinson’s UK)

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This brief guide from Parkinson’s UK has been released for hospital pharmacists (and other healthcare professionals) as an aid to improve awareness and education about the condition. This booklet is aimed at hospital pharmacists, but another guide for community … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, National, Parkinson's Disease, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Anti-Emetics, Anticholinergics, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Catechol-O-Methyl Transferase Inhibitors, Dopamine, Dopamine Agonists, Drug Charts, Get It On Time Campaign, Glutamate Antagonist, Harm From Omitted and Delayed Medicines, Hospital Pharmacists, Levodopa, Medicines Management, Medicines Management Audits, Medicines Optimisation, Medicines to Avoid (Parkinson's Disease), Monoamine-Oxidase B Inhibitors, National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA), Neurological Disorders, NICE Guideline on Parkinson’s Disease, Parkinson's Awareness Week, Parkinson’s Awareness Week (2014), Parkinson’s Disease: for Hospital Pharmacists, Parkinson’s UK, Parkinson’s UK (Parkinsons Disease Society), Parkinsonian Symptoms, Pharmacists, Pill Timers, Self-Administration, SIGN Guideline on Parkinson’s Disease, Timely and Accurate Medication, Wearing Off | Leave a comment

Fungal Mould Implicated in Parkinson’s Disease? (NHS Choices / Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America)

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

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 | Leave a comment

Issues in the Clinical Diagnosis of Dementia with Lewy Bodies (Translational Neurodegeneration)

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This article discusses recent progress, and problems remaining, in the clinical diagnosis of Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB). The sensitivity of accurate clinical diagnosis of DLB is said to be low. It seems likely that it may be possible … Continue reading →

Posted in Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Universal Interest | Tagged (123)I-FP-CIT: (123)I-2beta-carbometoxy-3beta-(4-iodophenyl)-N-(3-fluoropropyl) nortropane, Aβ Deposition in DLB, Amyloid Beta Protein, Antipsychotics: Neuroleptic Sensitivity, Assessment of Fluctuation Scales, Australia, Beta-Amyloid, Beta-Amyloid Plaques, CIND-PD: Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's Disease, Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's Disease, Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's Disease (CIND-PD), DaTSCAN, Delusional Ideas, Delusions, Dementia in Parkinson's Disease, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB), Dementia with Lewy Bodies Symptoms, Dementia with Lewy Bodies Translational Neurodegeneration, Diagnosis and Management of Dementias of Lewy Body Type in the NHS (DIAMAND-Lewy), Diagnosis and Screening: Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Differential Diagnosis, DLB: Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Dopamine, Dopamine Denervation, Early Differential Diagnosis, Fluctuating Cognition, Fluctuation Assessment Scales, Frederick Lewy, Genetics of DLB, Glucocerebrosidase Gene Mutations, Hallucinations, Hallucinations in People with Dementia, I-123 MIBG: Iodine-123 Metaiodobenzilguanidine, α-Synuclein, β-amyloid, β-amyloid Deposition, β-Amyloid Oligomerization, β-Synuclein, γ-Synuclein, Lewy Body Degeneration, Lewy Body Dementia, Lewy-Related Pathologies (LRP), Low Dopamine Transporter Uptake, LRP: Lewy-Related Pathology, Neuroleptic Sensitivity, Neuroscience Research Australia, Parkinson’s Disease Dementia, PDD: Parkinson's Disease with Dementia, Severe Neuroleptic Sensitivity, SPECT, Sydney, University of New South Wales, Visual Hallucinations | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Dopamine

Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Week 2017 (BBC News / Nature Biotechnology / Parkinson’s UK)

Lancet Seminar on Parkinson’s Disease (Lancet / Advances in Integrative Medicine / Translational Proteomics / Parkinson’s UK / BBC News)

Future Stem Cell Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease? (BBC News / Cell Stem Cell)

Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Week 2014 (Parkinson’s UK)

Parkinson’s Disease: Information for Hospital Pharmacists (Parkinson’s UK)

Fungal Mould Implicated in Parkinson’s Disease? (NHS Choices / Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America)

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