Parkinson's symptoms arise after substantial loss of the dopamine-producing cells in an area of the brain known as the substantia nigra. Amanda Mckay, from Parkinson's UK, said that there are over ...

Tony Deeney was diagnosed with Parkinson's 23 years ago but cycling has helped him rediscover his independence.

Pickleball tournament serves up support for Parkinson's in Carmel Local nonprofit Power Over Parkinson's is hosting a fundraiser at Monterey Peninsula College, with Congressman Jimmy Panetta and ...

Roughly 153,000 people in the UK live with Parkinson’s, a brain condition that mostly affects the dopamine-producing neurons found in a part of the brain called the substantia nigra. But one ...

Scientists have developed a long-acting injectable treatment combining levodopa and carbidopa, the two medications used to treat Parkinson’s, which could transform how the disease is treated.

Scientists have developed a long-acting injectable treatment combining levodopa and carbidopa, the two medications used to treat Parkinson’s, which could transform how the disease is treated.

New research from Northwestern Medicine has discovered that a virus that is usually harmless could trigger or contribute to Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's disease is a neurogenerative disease ...

A common virus once thought harmless to humans might be linked to Parkinson's disease, a new study says. The germ, Human Pegivirus (HPgV), was found in half the autopsied brains of patients with ...

Nov. 3, 2021 — A new gene therapy targeting the small brain region where dopamine neurons reside, the substantia nigra, substantially boosts the benefits of the drug levodopa in Parkinson's.

Putting the brakes on an enzyme might rescue neurons that are dying due to a type of Parkinson's disease that's caused by a single genetic mutation, according to a new Stanford Medicine-led study ...

Jessica Alba stars with Katseye in the music video for their single "Gabriela," which dropped Friday and will appear on the group's upcoming EP, "Beautiful Chaos," due June 27.

Most Parkinson's symptoms stem from the loss or dysfunction of dopamine-producing neurons in a brain region involved in fine motor control, called the substantia nigra. This is thought to be ...