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Can Social Prescriptions Improve Cognitive and Mental Health?

Social connectedness gains ground as a formal strategy for reducing health burdens.
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The Many Faces of Parkinson’s Disease

The more we know about PD’s non-motor symptoms—depression, dementia, fatigue, and others—the better we can treat, and perhaps find a cure, for this neurological disorder.
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Another Setback for Parkinson’s Treatment

While a new method to infuse the putamen with the protein GDNF has mixed success in one small trial, it might work for other treatments.
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Seeking the Triggers for Parkinson’s

Q&A with Xin Jin, Ph.D.

Dana Grantee Xin Jin has found a new role for the dopamine pathway D2—not just a brake but a switch.
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Fine-Tuning Deep Brain Stimulation

A new study has demonstrated the feasibility of a closed-loop DBS device that can respond in real-time to a patient’s brain activity, reducing the risk of debilitating side effects. 
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Living with Parkinson’s

This week, legendary actor Alan Alda’s announced his diagnosis with Parkinson’s disease and said one of the reasons he was speaking out was to offer a message of hope to others who are living with the disease.
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In Memoriam: Nobel Laureate Arvid Carlsson, a Pioneer in Parkinson’s Treatment

We regret to announce the loss of Dana Alliance member Arvid Carlsson, M.D., Ph.D., whose research laid the groundwork for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and won him the Nobel Prize in 2000.
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National Parkinson’s Awareness Month Interview with Robert Edwards, M.D.

April is National Parkinson’s Awareness Month, so we spoke with Dana Alliance member Robert Edwards, M.D., about his research on the neurodegenerative disease.

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A Smell Test for Parkinson’s Disease?

The observation that many people with Parkinson’s have diminished sense of smell has led researchers to develop simple sniff tests to help diagnose the disorder.
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A Year of Anniversaries: Making Sense of α-Synuclein and Parkinson’s Disease

Report from Neuroscience 2017

Two centuries after James Parkinson described the disorder, and two decades after researchers found its tell-tale Lewy bodies, there is still a lot to learn about Parkinson’s.
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