- September 28, 2001The Sciences
Parkinson's Disease May Prove Vulnerable to Common Antidepressants
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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, 2007
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
- June 25, 2012Mind
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
- August 14, 2007
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
- July 1, 2005
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
- 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
- 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
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...
- July 12, 2005Health
Parkinson's Treatment Linked to Compulsive Gambling
- Sarah Graham
- November 6, 2000
Pesticides and Parkinson's
- Julia Karow
- 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
- December 13, 2007
Researcher: Cause and Treatment for Parkinson's "In Our Sights"
- Scientists optimistic after discovering genetic link to loss of dopamine-producing neurons
- Nikhil Swaminathan
- June 22, 2007
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
- October 1, 2007
Gene Therapy for Parkinson's
- A promising new application treats symptoms with no side effects
- Nikhil Swaminathan
- April 2, 2020Behavior & Society
The Loneliness of the “Social Distancer” Triggers Brain Cravings Akin to Hunger
- A study on isolation’s neural underpinnings implies many may feel literally “starved” for contact amid the COVID-19 pandemic
- Lydia Denworth
- August 16, 2019علم الأعصاب
«إصابات الرأس» تدمّر الخلايا العصبية وتقود إلى الشلل الرعاش
- فريق بحثي لبناني فرنسي، يرصد للمرة الأولى التفاعلات التي تحدث في الدماغ بمرور الوقت، نتيجة حدوث إصابات الدِّماغ الرَّضِّيَّة ...
- Mohamed ElSayed Ali
- 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
- October 30, 2018
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
- November 1, 1978
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
