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August 27, 2013Illusion Chasers
Fat Tuesday: Feed the Addict: When the substantia nigra is super charged by food restriction, or drugs, or both, you become super motivated to seek out more food, or more drugs… whatever floats the substantia nigra’s boat...; Stephen L. Macknik

June 12, 2007Health
Blood Pressure Drug, Stem Cell Transplant Seen as Possible New Parkinson's Treatments: Researchers report they alleviated the debilitating effects of the neurodegenerative disease in mice and monkeys; Nikhil Swaminathan

August 14, 2007The Sciences
Fingering the Neural Perp in Parkinson's: New study finds it's not just dopamine-producing cells, but likely ones that secrete norepinephrine, as well, that kick-start the movement disorder; Nikhil Swaminathan

June 25, 2012
Parkinson's is much more than dopamine: ...and much more than motor symptoms. A colleague handed me this paper, not just as an interesting aspect of Parkinson's, but as somewhat supportive paper for the role of serotonin in depression...; Scicurious

July 1, 2005Mind
New Movement in Parkinson's: Recent genetic and cellular discoveries are among the advances pointing to improved treatments for this increasingly common disorder; Andres M. Lozano and Suneil K. Kalia; July 2005

April 1, 2013Health
Neural Stem Cell Transplants May One Day Help Parkinson's Patients, Others: Neurodegenerative disorders devastate the brain, but doctors hope one day to replace lost cells; Ferris Jabr; Scientific American Volume 308, Issue 4; 10.1038/scientificamerican0413-55; Originally published as "Replanting the Brain's Forest" in Scientific American Volume 308, Issue 4

August 27, 2015Mind
Size Matters When It Comes to Cells' Vulnerability to Parkinson's: Neurons involved in Parkinson’s disease are especially susceptible to burnout because of their complex branching; Diana Kwon

New Views of the Brain [Slide Show]
One region:: Both the axons and the main cell bodies of neurons glow green in this photomicrograph of the mouse brain’s substantia nigra, which is involved in addictive behavior. As in the previous image the cell outlines are revealed by infecting them with a chemically tagged virus...

March 1, 2011Mind
A New Mom's Changing Brain: Certain areas grow bigger as a mother bonds with her infant; Nathan Collins; March / April 2011; 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0311-10a

June 22, 2007The Sciences
Parkinson's Gene Therapy Breakthrough May Enter Clinical Trials by Year-End: Promising results delivered in the first human clinical trial testing the procedure against the neurodegenerative disorder; Nikhil Swaminathan

December 13, 2007Mind
Researcher: Cause and Treatment for Parkinson's "In Our Sights": Scientists optimistic after discovering genetic link to loss of dopamine-producing neurons; Nikhil Swaminathan

October 1, 2007Mind
Gene Therapy for Parkinson's: A promising new application treats symptoms with no side effects; Nikhil Swaminathan; October/November 2007; 10.1038/scientificamericanmind1007-12a

October 30, 2018Neuroscience
Neuroscience Discovers Power of "Lesion Network Mapping": A new technique is reviving the century-old study of brain lesions and revealing surprising things about neurological disorders like Parkinson’s disease; Sam Rose

January 1, 1997Mind
Understanding Parkinson's Disease: The smoking gun is still missing, but growing evidence suggests highly reactive substances called free radicals are central players in this common neurological disorder; Moussa B. H. Youdim and Peter Riederer; January 1997; 10.1038/scientificamerican0197-52

November 1, 1978Mind
The Reward System of the Brain: Two decades ago it was discovered that the brain has "pleasure centers." These centers are now seen as belonging to a system of pathways that appear to play a role in learning and memory...; Aryeh Routtenberg; Scientific American Volume 239, Issue 5; 10.1038/scientificamerican1178-154

April 8, 2014Mind
Parkinson's Disease and Pesticides: What's the Connection?: Scientists find a way chemicals may contribute to Parkinson’s; Bret Stetka

May 1, 1986The Sciences
Science and the Citizen, May 1986: Scientific American Volume 254, Issue 5; 10.1038/scientificamerican0586-66; Originally published as "Science and the Citizen" in Scientific American Volume 254, Issue 5

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