A look back at WPC 2026: Dr. Roberta Marongiu on women and Parkinson’s with WPC Reporter Esther Labib-Kiyarash.
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@worldpdcongress.bsky.socialA look back at WPC 2026: Dr. Roberta Marongiu on women and Parkinson’s with WPC Reporter Esther Labib-Kiyarash.
@jamesgis.bsky.socialSpatial analysis studies have shown increase risk is high based upon proximity to golf courses and farms. And they knew it. Thanks you bastards. #parkinsons
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@scienceofpd.bsky.socialA new study assessed the sensitivity of key motor smartphone tasks to detect disease progression in individuals with isolated REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) & early #Parkinsons; Findings highlight monopitch during reading & slowing turn speed in RBD
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@scienceofpd.bsky.socialNew research examined LRRK2-dependent Rab10 phosphorylation at threonine 73 in blood neutrophils from 181 genetically enriched #Parkinsons patients & 71 controls, identified genetic modifiers of LRRK2 signalling (including NECAP2)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@caliharriart.bsky.socialAnd he is still thriving and largely unaffected and that's thanks in large part to the money Mike raised and the research it funded, and I'll forever be grateful to this man I've never even met for giving my dad a fighting chance, one he might not have had 10 years ago.
#parkinsons #michaeljfox
@scienceofpd.bsky.socialA hypothesis-generating retrospective cohort analysis finds early-life Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccination is associated with reduced later-life #Parkinsons incidence, displaying a profound sex-dependent effect favoring females
www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/14...
@scienceofpd.bsky.socialThe results of an 18-month longitudinal study exploring long-term clinical efficacy, safety, & polypharmacy simplification of levodopa–entacapone–carbidopa intestinal gel in 41 patients with advanced #Parkinsons has been published
www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/15...
@scienceofpd.bsky.socialThe investigators "posit that an imbalance in these interactions between α-Synuclein, viral rG4s, & DDX39A promotes α-Synuclein amyloidogenesis, providing a mechanistic link between viral infections & an increased long-term risk of #Parkinsons" - I am intrigued!
@scienceofpd.bsky.socialNew research identifies FcγRIIb as a critical regulator of α-Syn propagation in vivo & supports receptor-targeted blockade as a mechanistically distinct & therapeutically tractable strategy for modifying disease progression in #Parkinsons
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@scienceofpd.bsky.socialNew study explores experiences of Pacific patients with PINK1-associated #Parkinsons (& their care partners), highlighting Adaptation Struggles (personal, social, cultural & systemic) + Positive Adaptation (normalisation of the illness & support networks)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...
@rosieemery.bsky.social#Parkinsons Another cautionary tale of how a corrupt corporation finds easy refuge in a corrupt EPA harming unsuspecting citizens! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@brainsupportnet.bsky.socialDr. Niyatee Samudra, MD, discusses having both Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) and Parkinson's Disease at the same time.
Learn more about PSP at www.brainsupportnetwork.org/education/pr...
@worldpdcongress.bsky.social🔬 In case you missed it: “Translating Basic Science Into Therapies for PD” with D. James Surmeier, PhD. on the latest WPC Research Spotlight.
🎥 Watch now: https://youtu.be/cnr-nxeZZzY?si=VO9OwcnNH2Q59yFp
@scienceofpd.bsky.socialResearchers designed a novel gene panel comprising 564 loci related to #Parkinsons, repeat expansion disorders, & other neurodegen. conditions, & performed adaptive sampling to jointly interrogate various variants (STXBP2, AP4S1, RARS2, ALS2, & CNBP)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@chemcenterbio.bsky.socialCan Sodium Phenylbutyrate Stop ALS & Parkinson's? #sodiumphenylbutyrate #parkinsons #als #dopamine #motorneurons
@scienceofpd.bsky.socialComparing resting-state functional connectivity in 58 people with mild-to-moderate #Parkinsons scanned in the OFF-medication state & 24 neurotypical older adults revealed patterns of both increased & decreased functional connectivity across key motor areas
academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
@scienceofpd.bsky.socialCombination therapies! Ovariectomized female mice lesioned with MPTP (a #Parkinsons model) "showed a loss of striatal dopamine & metabolites content similarly prevented by treatments with raloxifene, progesterone & their combination"
www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
@scienceofpd.bsky.socialA phase 2 single center, randomized, double-blind clinical trial testing 21 days of intranasal insulin (or placebo) in 30 participants with #Parkinsons found an acceptable safety profile. Larger study assessing efficacy is required. No hypoglycemia noted
www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
@researchmatters-gl.bsky.socialHow can brain cells’ electrical charges trigger toxic clumps??
New research from NISER, IMSc, and NBRC aids solution
To deep dive, tap researchmatters.in/news/electri...
#Parkinsons #disorder #neurons #neurodegeneration #science #scienceeducation #scicomm #Indianscience #sciencecommunication