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Fruit fly gives hint of Parkinson's cause
United Press International - USA
31 (UPI) -- US researchers said Wednesday studies with fruit flies indicate that a mutated gene kills dopamine cells, resulting in Parkinson's disease. ...

Neurological diseases more common
Moneycontrol.com - Mumbai,India
Washington: Multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and other neurological diseases may be far more common than most people had believed, according to new ...
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UCLA Find Yields Further Insight Into Causes of Parkinson’s Disease
UC Los Angeles - Los Angeles,CA,USA
In humans, a dearth of the neurotransmitter dopamine has long been known to play a role in Parkinson's disease. It is also known that mutations in a protein ...

NeuroDerm's Transdermal L-DOPA Parkinson's Patch Completes First ...
PharmaLive.com (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
This drug, which is primarily used in oral form, is the major treatment for Parkinson's disease. Levodopa is the natural precursor of dopamine, ...
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Worldmapper Draws Attention To The World's Health Inequalities
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Worldwide Parkinson's Cases Will Double In Next 25 Years (January 29, 2007) -- The number of individuals with Parkinson's disease in 15 of the world's ...

N&N offers new Parkinson's hope
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press - Norfolk,England,UK
MARK NICHOLLS 31 January 2007 06:00 A revolutionary new treatment for Parkinson's Disease - costing thousands of pounds and available to only a handful of ...

Gambling problem can affect restless legs patients
Scientific American - USA
Dopamine agonists are a class of drugs that contain agents commonly used to treat Parkinson's disease and restless legs syndrome, both neurological ...

Prion disease reversed in mice
Nature.com (subscription) - London,England,UK
The results could have implications for other neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, says Howard Federoff, a neurologist at ...



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