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Horse gait traced to single mutation
Finding offers clue to the genetic basis of movement disorders in humans.
- Kerri Smith
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Experimental therapies for Parkinson's disease: Why fake it?
How 'sham' brain surgery could be killing off valuable therapies for Parkinson's disease.
- Alla Katsnelson
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Angelman syndrome connections
Neuronal networks in the brain that develop early in life underlie our ability to learn, remember and communicate. Genetic defects that perturb the fine-tuning of such neuronal connectivity can cause disease.
- Peter Scheiffele
- & Asim A. Beg
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Motor disorder could have stress-fighting solution
Research reveals possible cause and potential therapy for Parkinson's disease.
- Janelle Weaver
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Regulation of parkinsonian motor behaviours by optogenetic control of basal ganglia circuitry
It has long been thought that motor control is achieved through the balanced activity of two distinct pathways through the basal ganglia that have opposing effects, but this has never been functionally verified. These authors directly test this hypothesis with optogenetic activation of different populations of mouse striatal neurons, and not only trace functional connectivity but demonstrate opposing effects on motor behaviour in a parkinsonian model.
- Alexxai V. Kravitz
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- & Anatol C. Kreitzer
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Mitochondrial damage control
Defects in mitochondria are implicated in Parkinson's disease. Study of a quality-control pathway involving the proteins PINK1 and Parkin provides further clues about the mechanism involved.
- Asa Abeliovich