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Neural Stem Cells Reduce Parkinson's Symptoms In Monkeys

Primates with severe Parkinson’s disease were able to walk, move, and eat better, and had diminished tremors after being injected with human neural stem cells, a research team from Yale, Harvard, the University of Colorado, and the Burnham Institute rep ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 12 2007 - 3:49pm - 0 attachments

The Case For Ethical Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Human embryonic stem cells (hESC), new cells that are basically a biological blank slate, become more specialized as they develop and contribute to a number of organs and tissues. As such, they have the potential to treat diseases such as Parkinson’s b ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 11 2007 - 4:19pm - 0 attachments

Isradipine Is For Hypertension But May Also Halt Parkinson's Disease

... might someday be used to slow the steady progression of Parkinson's disease," said Walter J. Koroshetz, M.D., deputy director of the ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 10 2007 - 8:45pm - 0 attachments

Stem Cells Transplanted Into Rat Brains Move Toward Damaged Areas

... neural disorders, such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's disease or radiation damage. The findings, to be published ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 5 2007 - 12:22am - 0 attachments

Brain Pacemakers Can Regulate Signals - And Erase Bad Ones

... "pacemakers" to regulate diseased signals in the brains of Parkinson's disease patients. These devices are FDA-approved and in use in ... The FDA approved the use of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease in 1997. The electrical implants are also an approved ...

Article - News Staff - May 30 2007 - 11:47am - 0 attachments

Racing Neurons Provide Clues To Attention Deficit Disorder

In the children’s game "red light green light," winners are able to stop, and take off running again, more quickly than their comrades. New research reveals that a similar race goes on in our brains, with impulse control being the big winner. "The ...

Article - News Staff - May 29 2007 - 7:15pm - 0 attachments

Violent Sleep Disorder Linked To A Form Of Dementia

Mayo Clinic researchers and a group of international collaborators have discovered a correlation between an extreme form of sleep disorder and eventual onset of parkinsonism or dementia. Clinical observations and pathology studies, as well as resea ...

Article - News Staff - May 16 2007 - 7:45pm - 0 attachments

Dopamine Generators In Brain Cells Yields Parkinson's Improvement In Monkeys

... in brain cells has produced improvement in the symptoms in Parkinson's, according to the results of tests carried out with monkeys by the ... of the brain, the improvement in movement in monkeys with Parkinson's and which had received transplants was demonstrated to last for at ...

Article - News Staff - May 16 2007 - 10:32am - 0 attachments

Testosterone May Help Men With Multiple Sclerosis

Close on the heels of a large-scale clinical trial just underway to confirm that the female hormone estriol combats the effects of multiple sclerosis (MS) in women, a just completed pilot study at UCLA now shows promise for the use of testosterone to co ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2007 - 9:09am - 0 attachments

The Link Between Parkinson's And Narcolepsy

Parkinson's disease is well-known for its progression of motor disorders: ... difficulties walking and talking. Less well known is that Parkinson's shares other symptoms with narcolepsy, a sleep disorder ... know why — the two disorders share something in common: Parkinson's disease patients have severe damage to the same small group of ...

Article - News Staff - May 11 2007 - 2:10pm - 0 attachments