New imaging tool helps study toxicity of proteins linked to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

	November 23, 2016
	Parkinson's Disease
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	Physical activity may help improve health and quality of life of Parkinson's disease patients   A comprehensive review published in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease confirms that people living with Parkinson's disease (PD) can benefit from being physically active, especially when it comes to improving gait and balance, and reducing risks of falls.
	New imaging tool helps study toxicity of proteins linked to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases   Researchers have developed a new imaging technique that makes it possible to study why proteins associated with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases may go from harmless to toxic.

Study reports increasing rates of hospital admissions for PD patients   Although treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD) is significantly extending the lives of patients, these patients are now being admitted to hospitals at increasing rates.

	Growing understanding of neuroplasticity could drive development of new therapeutic interventions   A growing understanding of the highly "plastic," changeable nature of the brain--from the level of DNA, proteins, neuronal connections and networks, up to communication across brain regions--is driving the development of new therapeutic approaches to treat chronic pain, stroke, Parkinson's disease, and a variety of other disorders described in an article in Alternative and Complementary Therapies, a journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.
	TSRI scientists discover precise signaling mechanisms that regulate brain’s motor function   In new findings that could have an impact the development of therapies for a number of currently untreatable brain disorders such as Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found, for the first time, that a specific signaling circuit in the brain is deeply involved in motor activity.

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