7 November 2019
Where Does Parkinson’s Disease Start? In the Brain or Gut? Or Both?
Does Parkinson's disease (PD) start in the brain or the gut? This review is published in the open access JPD special issue on "The Gut-Brain Axis in Parkinson's Disease".
25 September 2019
How and Why Does Parkinson’s Disease Affect Women and Men Differently?
Amsterdam, NL – There is growing evidence that Parkinson's disease (PD) affects women and men differently.
22 August 2019
Fatigue in Parkinson’s Disease Is Associated with Lower Diastolic Blood Pressure
Amsterdam, NL – Fatigue is a common debilitating symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD).
12 June 2019
2019 World Parkinson’s Disease Congress Abstracts are Openly Available in JPD
JPD is proud to host the abstracts of the 2019 World Parkinson’s Congress, which took place this month in Kyoto, Japan.
To view the openly available abstracts, click the visual below or go here.
27 February 2019
New Treatment Offers Potentially Promising Results for the Possibility of Slowing, Stopping, or Even Reversing Parkinson's Disease
Amsterdam, NL – A pioneering clinical trials program that delivered an experimental treatment directly to the brain offers hope that it may be possible to restore the cells damaged in Parkinson's disease.
14 February 2019
Can We Repair the Brain? The Promise of Stem Cell Technologies for Treating Parkinson's Disease
Amsterdam, NL – Cell replacement may play an increasing role in alleviating the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease in future. Writing in a special open access special supplement to the Journal of Parkinson's Disease, experts describe how newly developed stem cell technologies could be used to treat the disease and discuss the great promise, as well as the significant challenges, of stem cell treatment.
12 February 2019
The Search for the Holy Grail: Promising Strategies for Slowing, Stopping, or Reversing Parkinson's Disease
Amsterdam, NL – Understanding of the processes involved in Parkinson's disease (PD) degeneration has vastly improved over the last 20 years. In this insightful review published in an open access special supplement to the Journal of Parkinson's Disease, experts consider which of the existing strategies to slow down or stop the degenerative processes of PD are most likely to be successful over the next 20 years.
8 February 2019
Launch of Clinical Trial Highlights in JPD
We are pleased to announce, as of the first issue of JPD Volume 9 (2019), a new section dedicated to Clinical Trials Highlights.
7 February 2019
The Involvement of the Gut in Parkinson’s Disease: Hype or Hope?
Amsterdam, NL – There is growing evidence that at least in some patients with Parkinson's disease, the disease may begin in the gut. Writing in an open access special supplement to the Journal of Parkinson's Disease, experts explore the last two decades of research about the gut-brain axis in PD and look ahead at the possible development and impact of these research areas in the next two decades.
5 February 2019
Experts Propose Revising the Criteria for Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease with a View Towards Earlier Treatment and Prevention
Amsterdam, NL – In the past 25 years, it has become clear that some symptoms of Parkinson's disease occur decades before the development of motor symptoms and clinical diagnosis, and that monitoring these emerging symptoms may provide important insights into the origin and development of the disease.
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