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September 28, 2001The Sciences
Parkinson's Disease May Prove Vulnerable to Common Antidepressants: David Labrador

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

June 25, 2012Mind & Brain
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, 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

August 27, 2015Mind & Brain
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

July 1, 2005Neurology
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; 10.1038/scientificamerican0705-68

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

July 12, 2005Health
Parkinson's Treatment Linked to Compulsive Gambling: Sarah Graham

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...

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

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

November 6, 2000Health
Pesticides and Parkinson's: Julia Karow

March 1, 2011Mind & Brain
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

April 2, 2020Behavior
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

October 1, 2007Mind & Brain
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

November 1, 1978Mind & Brain
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

January 1, 1997Mind & Brain
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

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