(The Journal of Visualized Experiments) In the US alone, at least 500,000 people suffer from Parkinson's disease, a neurological disorder that affects a person's ability to control his or her movement.
New technology from the University of Bonn in Germany lets researchers observe the development of the brain cells responsible for the disease.
neurological disorderResearchers visualize the development of Parkinson's cellsEurekAlert! - Medicine and Health Mon, 01/30/2012 - 23:00
UCSF-led team discovers cause of rare diseaseEurekAlert! - Medicine and Health Thu, 12/15/2011 - 23:00
(University of California - San Francisco) A large, international team of researchers led by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco has identified the gene that causes a rare childhood neurological disorder called PKD/IC, or "paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia with infantile convulsions," a cause of epilepsy in babies and movement disorders in older children. Tags:
What Britney Spears Can Reveal About Alzheimer'sTIME: Top Science and Health Stories Wed, 08/26/2009 - 02:30
Researchers may have found a way to identify those most at risk of developing the neurological disorder simply by asking them whether they recognize celebrities such as Britney Spears and Johnny Carson Court says measles vaccine not to blame for autismHeadlines from the Associated Press Thu, 02/12/2009 - 09:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A special court has ruled against parents with autistic children, saying that vaccines are not to blame for their children's neurological disorder.... |
