Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that targeting neuronal signaling controlling aberrant learning in the ...

Researchers at McGill University have uncovered a surprising twist in how dopamine affects movement, overturning a ...

For more than 200 years, ever since a British apothecary named James Parkinson in 1817 published “An Essay on the Shaking Palsy,” scientists have searched for the reasons why some people develop ...

For decades, Parkinson’s disease has been framed as a simple story of dwindling dopamine, a slow erosion of the brain’s ...

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive disorder of later life, defined clinically by motor features (asymmetric bradykinesia, rigidity, tremor, and imbalance) and pathologically by neuronal degeneration ...

As anyone who has ever heard “their song” can attest, the right music has the power to make you move. Now, healthcare providers are trying to harness this power to help patients with a disabling ...

Former Jets quarterback reveals the physical realities of his diagnosis and corrects misconceptions about the disease ...

Brett Favre shared an update on his health a year after revealing he was diagnosed with Parkinson's, saying he is in the ...

A new study shows dopamine isn’t the brain’s movement “gas pedal” after all. Instead of setting speed or strength, it quietly enables movement in the background, much like oil in an engine. When ...

Parkinson’s Disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder in which the brain’s ability to produce dopamine, an essential neurotransmitter, is damaged, leading to symptoms including tremors, ...