News in Parkinson's Research @ Penn
Check back frequently for the latest information on research findings in Parkinson's disease and neurodegenerative diseases at Penn. Click on the 'get more information' links to connect with the full press releases and news.
- Penn Vet Study Reveals a Promising New Target for Parkinson’s Disease Therapies. More information...
- Penn Researchers Find That Untreated Parkinson's Disease Patients No More Likely to Have Impulse Control Disorders. More information...
- Video from the 2012 Patient Appreciation Seminar for the Penn Udall Center. More information...
- "It's Time" - A Look at the Penn Researchers Looking for Therapies That Will Prevent, Stop, or Slow the Progression of Parkinson's Disease.
- Having an Impact on Brain Aging and Drug Discovery. Watch the Video to Learn More...
- "Planning for Hope: Living with Frontotemporal Disease." More information and to view the film online...
- Dr. Virginia Lee and Penn Colleagues Find Parkinson's Disease Protein Causes Disease Spread and Neuron Death in Healthy Animals. More information...
- Penn Udall Center Funding Renewed for 5 Years. More information...
- Penn Researchers and Colleagues Have Found Promising First Step Toward Blood Test for Alzheimer's. More information...
- Alzheimer's Experts from Penn Summit Provide Strategic Roadmap to Tackle the Disease. More information...
- Dr. Virginia Lee interviewed by Research Media Europe about her research efforts in neurodegenerative diseases at CNDR. More information...
- An Inside Look at the Research Efforts of CNDR. Download PDF...
- Penn Biologist Nancy Bonini and Colleagues Identify a Key Enzyme Involved in Protecting Nerves from Degeneration, with Implications for Neurodegenerative Diseases. More information...
- CNDR Study Shows Potential Alzheimer's Disease Drug Slows Damage and Symptoms in Animal Model. More information and interview...
- Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Improves Motion and Mood, Reduces Medications. More information...
- Penn Researchers and Colleagues Find That Size Matters: Measuring Brain Thickness Identifies Those at High Risk for Cognitive Decline, Penn Study Shows. More information...
- Penn Receives $16 Million Gift to Launch New Initiative Focusing on the Neuroscience of Behavior. More information...
- Penn Researchers Find Test for Alzheimer's Disease Predicts Cognitive Decline in Parkinson's Disease. More information...
- Penn Researchers Find More Widespread Brain Atrophy Detected in Parkinson's Disease with Newly Developed Structural Pattern. More Information...
- Research from CNDR and Penn Udall Center Find Abnormal Parkinson's Disease Protein Induces Degeneration in Healthy Nerve Cells. More information..
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- Untangling Alzheimer's - The Pennsylvania Gazette Looks at the Research in Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neurodgenerative Diseases from Virginia Lee, John Trojanowski, and Others at Penn. More information...
- Creative Philanthropy at Work: Jeff and Anne Keefer Funds for Parkinson's Research at Penn Medicine Established. More information...
- First Blood Test to Determine Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's Disease Developed by Penn Udall Center for Parkinson's Research Researchers. More information...
- Penn Joins Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) as Official Study Site and Bioanalytics Core Lead. More information...
- Penn Researchers Find Compulsive Behaviors More Common in Parkinson’s Disease Patients Taking Dopamine Agonists. Penn Press Release. MedPage Today Coverage.
- Penn Study Finds Link Between Parkinson’s Disease Genes and Manganese Poisoning. Get more information...
- Penn study finds way to prevent protein clumping that is characteristic of Parkinson’s disease. Get more information...
- Brain implant better than meds for Parkinson's disease. Get more information...