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Gender variations in brain aging among Parkinson’s Disease patients
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Gender variations in brain aging among Parkinson’s Disease patients

By Vijay Kumar MalesuReviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM In a recent study published in npj Parkinson’s Disease, researchers explored how sex influences brain aging in Parkinson’s disease (PD) by analyzing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)-derived brain age differences and their clinical correlations. Study: Differences in brain aging between sexes in Parkinson’s disease. Image Credit: SpeedKingz/Shutterstock.comStudy: Differences...

New evidence suggests link between gut health and Parkinson’s disease
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New evidence suggests link between gut health and Parkinson’s disease

by Alexis Porter, Duke University Credit: JCI Insight (2023). DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.172192 While previous studies suggest Parkinson’s disease begins in the gut and spreads to the brain, how the process occurs has been elusive. Now, a pre-clinical study led by Duke Health researchers provides new evidence that bolsters the gut-brain connection. Reporting Dec. 8 in the journal...