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ScienceDaily: New mechanism behind Parkinson’s disease revealed

June 6, 2017 By Parkinson's Community Help

170604143812_1_540x360Researchers have identified the precise toxic mechanism at work during an overabundance of the protein alpha-synuclein in neurons—the protein is a key causative agent in the development of Parkinson’s disease.

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LiveScience: Dreams and Brain Disease: REM Sleep Cells Linked to Disorders

June 6, 2017 By Parkinson's Community Help

aHR0cDovL3d3dy5saXZlc2NpZW5jZS5jb20vaW1hZ2VzL2kvMDAwLzA2OS8wODkvb3JpZ2luYWwvd29tYW4tc2xlZXBpbmctZGFya25lc3MtMTQwODA4LmpwZw==-1Where do dreams come from? Researchers now say they know: A specific group of cells in the brain stem is responsible for controlling dreaming sleep, also called Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep, a new study says…. Full Story>

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June 2017 – Parkinson’s Support Group Mtgs – Guest Speakers/Programs – Northern and Central California

June 1, 2017 By Parkinson's Community Help

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Many Northern and Central California Parkinson’s Disease (PD) support groups have guest speakers or programs planned for June 2017.  Here’s what’s happening at a support group near you…

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New York Times: New Electrical Brain Stimulation Technique Shows Promise in Mice

June 1, 2017 By Parkinson's Community Help

02BRAIN-superJumboPulses of electricity delivered to the brain can help patients with Parkinson’s disease, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and possibly other conditions. But the available methods all have shortcomings: They either involve the risks of surgery, from implanting electrodes deep within the brain, or they stimulate from the skull’s surface, limiting the ability to target electricity to the right brain areas…. Full Story>

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LIFE Shared This Remarkable Parkinson’s Disease Story in 1959. A Lot Has Changed Since Then

June 1, 2017 By Parkinson's Community Help

Photographer Margaret Bourke-White (L), who suffers from Parkinson's disease, together with another patient working with therapists to exaggerate lip movements in an effort to relearn how to speak distinctly after disease had blurred and weakened her voice.

The great LIFE photographer Margaret Bourke-White was in Tokyo in 1952 when she first discovered that, in the middle of a physically demanding photojournalistic career, the dull pain in her left leg was becoming something more. Rising from a meal, she found herself, for a few steps at least, unable to walk.

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