A new University of Florida study suggests a promising brain-imaging technique has the potential to improve diagnoses for the millions of people with movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. Science Daily quotes the principal investigator David Vaillancourt: “The purpose of this study is to identify markers in the brain that differentiate movement disorders which have…
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Visit to the Anne Rowling Clinic
A group of approximately 20 Branch members enjoyed a guided tour of the new Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, located at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, on 18th February 2013. The Clinic was established in 2010 after a £10M donation from the Edinburgh-based author JK Rowling, famous for her Harry Potter novels. We were given a…
Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic opens
It has now been two years since JK Rowling announced her most generous contribution to regenerative neurology research in Edinburgh. Since then, a dedicated and multi-disciplinary team has been working hard to ensure that our shared vision becomes a reality. This is to create a Clinic where research is integrated with patient care, cutting-edge clinical…
New Parkinson’s Treatment: on Yer Bike!
Neuroscientist Jay Alberts is an avid cyclist, but he never expected to make any medical discoveries on his bike. He did just that on a 50-mile ride across Iowa with his tandem bike partner, fellow neurologist Dr. David Heydrick, who has Parkinson’s. After the bike trip, Heydrick noticed that his handwriting dramatically improved. Alberts started…
Researchers Closer to Early Detection of Parkinson’s
In collaboration with colleagues at Oxford, a team of researchers at Umeå University in Sweden has now further elaborated its discovery of a way to detect Parkinson’s disease at an early stage, and applications in clinical care are not far away. With the newly developed method – this involves electrochemical analysis of 10 microliters of…
Range of brain diseases could be treated by single drug
On May 6th, the BBC reported on the tantalising prospect of treating a range of brain diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, all with the same drug. This prospect has been raised by researchers at Leicester University. In a study, published in Nature, they prevented brain cells dying in mice with prion disease.