Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and the abnormal aggregation of ...

Parkinson's symptoms mainly result from the death or impairment of dopamine-producing neurons in the brain's substantia nigra, a region involved in fine motor control. This is thought to be caused ...

Health.com: My life with Parkinson's In deep brain stimulation, electrodes are used to deliver electrical impulses to the substantia nigra, a crescent-shaped region in the center of the brain that ...

New research draws a conclusive link between Parkinson’s disease and the deterioration of a subpopulation of neurons found within the substantia nigra, a brain region linked to motor control and ...

When they analysed the substantia nigra they recorded a rapid loss of Substance P (a ... Our work identifying that a silent stroke can lead to Parkinson’s disease shows it is more important than ever ...

Patients with Parkinson disease endure a progressive loss of neurons, especially dopaminergic, in the substantia nigra and other subcortical nuclei. Hallmarks of PD also include intracytoplasmic Lewy ...

At the AD/PD 2025 International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases, Roche outlined the effectiveness of digital health technologies (DHTs) in providing more sensitive measures of ...