Parkinson's Blog

Scientific Reports – A qualitative study exploring the clinical phenomenology and impact of hypersexuality in patients with Parkinson’s Disease

The former Australian Test skipper revealed his battle with the incurable disease in a brave message made in June last year. He was originally diagnosed with the condition in 2016.

Researchers from the Champalimaud Foundation shed light on the puzzling relationship between dopamine and rest tremor in Parkinson’s disease, finding that preserved dopamine in certain brain regions may actually contribute to tremor symptoms, challenging common beliefs.

Parkinson’s disease cases will rise to 3.15 million by 2033. The increase will be seen in seven countries including the US, UK and Japan. Older adults

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy – Identifying genetic targets in clinical subtypes of Parkinson’s disease for optimizing pharmacological treatment strategies

The alliance is aimed at developing treatments for Parkinson’s and another neurodegeneration indication