A team of neuroscientists in Australia has found that restoring copper levels in the brain dramatically reduced Parkinson-like damage in mice. The approach restored a protein’s function, and the same ...

The findings of two recent studies give hope that the disease could one day be reversed in humans—but experts warn that this ...

By shutting down a hyperactive enzyme, scientists got damaged brain cells to regrow their lost “antennae” and restart ...

The results of experiments in mice models were "astounding," said biochemist Suzanne Pfeffer of Stanford University.

A breakthrough brain scan shows Parkinson’s drugs can misfire in the brain, helping some patients less than others. The fix?

Researchers are using an advanced brain imaging method called MEG to understand why Parkinson’s drug levodopa doesn’t work ...

Most Parkinson's symptoms stem from the loss or dysfunction of dopamine-producing neurons in a brain region involved in fine ...

Chinese scientists have discovered subtle new earlier signs of Parkinson’s in mice, an advance that may help diagnose the ...

Parkinson’s disease affects more than 10 million people ... Parkinson’s disease is defined by the gradual loss of dopamine producing neurons in a part of the brain called the substantia nigra.

Simon Fraser University researchers are using a new approach to brain imaging that could improve how drugs are prescribed to ...