New research suggests that misfolded proteins in Parkinson’s patients spread from the olfactory bulb (and regions that affect the gut) to other regions of the brain.
“A major unmet medical need is a therapy that slows disease progression,” said Dr. Patrik Brundin, who leads Parkinson’s research at VAI and is senior author of the study. “We hope an understanding of how (the protein) moves between brain regions will help uncover molecules that we can target with new drugs to slow the progression of symptoms in patients.”
- Description: “A researcher said he hopes the findings will one day aid the development of drugs to slow the progression of symptoms.“
- Source Link: http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2013/08/parkinsons_update_vai_leads_st.html
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I was dx with pd @40yr old. 23 yr ago. I have had Jpeg, attempted and ended up with ruptured bowel&septic, that was for duopa pump, 9/2016 I had DBS. Surgery went well but key to DBS was finding a Neuro to regulate it. Initially I had dbs and Neuro from UofL. The answer was Dr. Merola from UC. #1 in my opinion.
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