At the end of the operation, the neurosurgeon declared that he had never before encountered a patient so calm and at ease during an awake brain surgery. When the living and breathing body of a 71-year ...

A patient with Parkinson’s disease has played the clarinet while undergoing Deep Brain Stimulation to help manage her ...

Denise Bacon, from the U.K. town of Crowborough, played her beloved instrument as she underwent deep brain stimulation (DPS) on July 16 of this year ...

Emerging evidence indicates that sustainable lifestyle changes—such as increasing physical activity, adopting healthy dietary ...

Parkinson's Disease affects around a million people in the United States, and that number is on the rise, in part because our population is getting older. Dr. Claire Henchcliffe is the chair of ...

Scientists have achieved a significant breakthrough in Parkinson’s research, developing a novel technique that can detect tiny brain clusters believed to trigger the debilitating disease.A hallmark of ...

A computer illustration of human pegivirus, an RNA (ribonucleic acid) virus scientists believe may be linked to Parkinson's disease. Illustration by Kateryna Kon, Science Photo Library More than 10 ...

Researchers now have a powerful new way to understand the types of brain cells that are affected in neurodegenerative diseases and to uncover connections between conditions such as Parkinson's, ...

Errors in a gene known to cause a serious neurodevelopmental condition in infants are also linked to the development of ...