UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Parkinson’s disease is perhaps best known for its movement-related symptoms, particularly tremors and stiffness. But the disease is also known to hinder vocal production, giving those with Parkinson’s a soft monotonous voice. Those symptoms, research has suggested, often appear much earlier in the disease’s development – sometimes decades before movement-related symptoms. New...
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Parkinson’s gene may impair how new neurons are made throughout our lifetime
by University of Sheffield Old (green) and newly made (orange) dopamine-producing nerve cells in the zebrafish brain. Credit: University of Sheffield A pioneering study, published in Scientific Reports, found that the Parkinon’s gene PINK1 is important for the generation of dopamine-producing neurons throughout life, and is not just responsible for the premature death of these neuronsThe international research,...
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Even in people with Parkinson’s gene, coffee may be protective
by American Academy of Neurology Even for people with a gene mutation tied to Parkinson’s disease, coffee consumption may be associated with a lower risk of actually developing the disease, according to a new study published in the September 30, 2020, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. “These results are...