Publication date: Jun 17, 2019 Recently, the use of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has become more generally accepted, including by the Food and Drug Administration. To expand the use of ... Read more

Publication date: Jun 18, 2019 Background. Sedentary behavior is a growing public health concern and may have particular relevance for the Parkinson disease (PD) population. However, the influence of sedentary ... Read more

Publication date: Jun 18, 2019 Parkinson’s disease (PD) is attributed to interactions among genes and environmental and lifestyle factors, but the genetic architecture of PD is complex and not completely ... Read more

Publication date: Jun 18, 2019 Spinocerebellar ataxias are rare dominantly inherited neurodegenerative diseases that lead to severe disability and premature death. To quantify the impact of disease progression measured by ... Read more

Publication date: Jun 18, 2019 Methamphetamine (METH) abuse is known to increase the risk of Parkinson’s disease (PD) due to its dopaminergic neurotoxicity. This is the rationale for the METH ... Read more

Publication date: Jun 18, 2019 Cell-to-cell transmission of toxic forms of α-Synuclein (αS) is thought to underlie disease progression in Parkinson disease. αS in humans is constitutively N-terminally acetylated (αSacetyl), ... Read more

Publication date: Jun 18, 2019 Acetylcholine (ACh) released from cholinergic interneurons acting through nicotinic and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) in the striatum have been thought to be central for the ... Read more

Publication date: Jun 18, 2019 Driving competency is important to evaluate among individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Driving in natural situations is the preferred assessment method; thus, we used a ... Read more

Publication date: Jun 18, 2019 The neuropathological hallmarks of Parkinson’s disease (PD) include the appearance of α-synuclein (α-SYN)-positive Lewy bodies (LBs) and the loss of catecholaminergic neurons. Thus, a potential ... Read more

Publication date: Jun 13, 2019 Fall prevention requires a multifaceted approach that should include individual risk assessment and intervention strategies. Exercise interventions may mitigate most risk factors for falls (e.g., ... Read more