Two proteins found on the surface of motor neurons in the brain may be essential in the progression of Parkinson's disease, ...

A common agricultural pesticide known as chlorpyrifos may play a substantial role in the development of Parkinson’s disease.

A familiar mouth bacterium best known for causing cavities may also be quietly influencing the brain. Scientists found that ...

Scientists have uncovered a connection between oral health and brain health. New research suggests that a common ...

Oral bacteria that migrate to the gut can generate metabolites that reach the brain and accelerate Parkinson’s disease.

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that targeting neuronal signaling controlling aberrant learning in the ...

Researchers at McGill University have uncovered a surprising twist in how dopamine affects movement, overturning a ...

Neurodegenerative diseases, traditionally viewed as driven by neuronal decline, are increasingly recognized to involve ...

This perspective argues that Parkinson’s disease may involve functional iron deficiency, where bioavailable iron is limited despite normal or elevated total iron in the brain. The authors propose that ...

For more than 200 years, ever since a British apothecary named James Parkinson in 1817 published “An Essay on the Shaking Palsy,” scientists have searched for the reasons why some people develop ...

Keith Krehbiel lived with Parkinson’s disease for nearly 25 years before agreeing to try a brain implant that might alleviate his symptoms. He had long been reluctant to submit to the surgery. “It was ...