The Foundation supports research across basic, translational and clinical science to speed breakthroughs that can lead to the creation of new treatments and a better quality of life for people with Parkinson's disease.
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Previously funded studies appear chronologically, with the most recent appearing first.
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Specification, Patterning, and Maintenance of Midbrain Dopam, 2005Engineering Midbrain Dopamine Neurons by Forced Expression of a Novel Dopamine Cell Determinant in Pre-Clinical Model Embryonic Stem Cells
Understanding how the different cells of the brain are generated during embryonic development is one of the fundamental questions in biology. Recent studies have elucidated several key mechanisms...
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Clinical Discovery Awards, 2005Executive, ADL, and Cholinergic Functions in PD
Parkinson's disease is a disorder that is most known for motor impairments of tremor, slowness in moving, and loss of balance. Patients with Parkinson's disease also suffer from non-motor symptoms...
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Clinical Discovery Awards, 2005Ability to Slow Disease Progression and Safety and Tolerability of Green Tea Polyphenols in Early Parkinson’s Disease
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Previous studies have shown that tea drinking is associated with a reduced of risk for Parkinson's disease (PD). Green tea polyphenols (GTPs), the major components of green tea... -
Clinical Discovery Awards, 2005Dysfunction of the Blood-Brain Barrier: The Cause of Parkinson's Disease
The causes of Parkinson's disease are still unclear. Genetic vulnerability and exposure to environmental neurotoxins are assumed to be contributors to nerve cell loss (neurodegeneration) in certain...
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Clinical Discovery Awards, 2005Strength training patients with Parkinson’s Disease for Dysphagia
Patients with Parkinson's disease have difficulty swallowing, and this difficulty typically worsens as the disease progresses. When foreign material enters into the airway it is called aspiration and...
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Biomarkers, 2005Specificity & Sensitivity of Transcranial Ultrasound as Biomarker in Parkinson's Disease
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In recent years transcranial sonography (TCS) has become a widely used method to visualize the brain by applying an ultrasound probe to the temporal bone window of the intact...
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