Neurodegeneration experts present latest advances, focus on young investigators
At the Southeastern Neurodegenerative Disease Conference, main focus was advancing careers of newest investigators.
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Parkinson’s Disease
Does playing American football increase the risk of Parkinson’s disease?
In Medical News Today, Dr. Michael Okun weighed in on Boston University study, and stressed the need for collecting and publishing more data on relationship of contact sports, concussion and PD risk.
Researcher Spotlight Series: Dr. Karen Hegland
Learn about Dr. Karen Hegland’s research on swallowing and upper airway disorders among patients with Parkinson’s.
Pegboard test assessing movement could aid Parkinson’s research, study shows
UF-Northwestern research team reports pegboard test could provide objective marker of Parkinson’s motor symptom changes.
AMRIS adds 7 Tesla MRI/MRS preclinical scanner
Scanner housed at UF’s Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Facility will bolster research efforts across campus.
Air pollution may create U.S. ‘hot spots’ for Parkinson’s risk
Dr. Michael Okun commented for HealthDay article about a new study looking into pollution’s impact on Parkinson’s diagnoses.
Research Snapshot: Drs. Kara Johnson and Coralie de Hemptinne
UF study finds evoked resonant neural activity could serve as potential marker to guide DBS for Parkinson’s disease.
Research team creates largest international cohort of people with Parkinson’s-linked variants
University of Florida neurogeneticist Matthew Farrer contributed to the new Michael J. Fox Foundation Global Genetic PD Cohort.
Research Snapshot: Drs. Malú Gámez Tansey and Oihane Uriarte Huarte
Progranulin loss results in sex-dependent dysregulation of peripheral and central immune system in mice.
Adoptive cellular therapy improves Parkinson’s symptoms in mouse-model study
UF neuroscientists provide preclinical evidence for adoptive cellular therapy as a potential immunotherapy treatment to improve symptoms in genetic form of Parkinson’s.
