Spotlight on Parkinson's disease

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Motor disorders are a well-known symptom of Parkinson's disease. But in recent years, research has highlighted that many patients experience greater problems from other, lesser known symptoms, such as anxiety and depression.

Twin study on environment and Parkinson's
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New discoveries about an old disease

The best treatment for Parkinson's disease is still a medicine that goes back 50 years, but otherwise a lot is new in the field. 
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Heredity more important than previously believed

Parkinson's has gone from being regarded as entirely caused by environmental factors to a disease with a clear genetic links.
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Views differ on genetic discoveries

The genetic revolution in the Parkinson's field has been fast, so fast that there is still disagreement on how important it really is.
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The toughest game of his life

Although he was not entirely unprepared, ice hockey coach Björn Hellkvist's diagnosis with Parkinson's disease still came as a shock.
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Balance training for Parkinson cost-effective

Balance training for persons with Parkinson’s disease was found to be value-for- money in a health economic study conducted at KI. 
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New research offers hope of a cure

The knowledge explosion in the field of Parkinson's has resulted in better animal models, faster testing systems and new possible treatments.

News from KI on Parkinson's disease

Title Post date
Sara Riggare is “Swede of the year in medicine”! 07 Feb 2019
Dissertation 18 Sep 2018: Bojing Liu 10 Sep 2018
Nordic brain researchers in cerebral function collaboration 07 May 2018
New method maps the dopamine system in Parkinson’s patients 13 Feb 2018
“Start cells” in the midbrain control whether we walk or run 17 Jan 2018
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05 Nov 2018 by Katarina Sternudd.