Let's Jam: Improv with Robert Cochrane
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Parkinson's Disease (Video)
University of California experts explore the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment options for this movement disorder.
Episodes
18 episodesCreating New Neurons: The Potential to Reverse Parkinson’s Disease - Innovations Shaping the Future of Parkinson's Disease Treatments
Hear directly from the team that developed the groundbreaking ability to make new, healthy neurons that can replace those lost in Parkinson’...
4D Biology and Cell Dynamics: Paving the Way for Personalized Medicine - Innovations Shaping the Future of Parkinson's Disease Treatments
Discover how experts in cell biology are partnering with a pioneer in imaging technology to develop a personalized approach to treating Park...
Unlocking LRRK2: A New Drug Target - Innovations Shaping the Future of Parkinson's Disease Treatments
Hear how a team of interdisciplinary experts solved the structure of LRRK2, a gene found to be mutated in Parkinson’s disease, and how their...
Care Beyond the Clinic: Community Support Programs - Innovations Shaping the Future of Parkinson's Disease Treatments
Learn how social workers and a patient advocate are partnering to develop a suite of free support programs and services for Parkinson's dise...
Wearable Technology: Transforming Symptom Management - Innovations Shaping the Future of Parkinson's Disease Treatments
Irene Litvan, MD Joseph Wang, MD explain how experts are collaborating across disciplines to adapt wearable technology to automate medicatio...
Reversing a Model of Parkinson's Disease with In Situ Converted Nigral Neurons - Breaking News in Stem Cells August
Xiang Dong Fu, PhD shares the findings of his paper published in the June 24, 2020 issue of Nature. By investigating a strategy to directly...
A Closer Look at...Parkinson's Disease
Irene Litvan, MD; Don Cleveland, PhD; and David Higgins, PhD, discuss the next generation of treatments for Parkinson's Disease and offer a...
Research Updates on Parkinsonian Disorders - Research on Aging
Irene Litvan, MD, FAAN, FANA, Director of UC San Diego’s Movement Disorder Program, discusses the latest advances in detection and treatment...
Crowdsourcing Science Parkinson's and Stem Cells - Exploring Ethics
Parkinson's disease (PD) affects more than a million people in the US. Jeanne Loring, professor and the founding director of the Center for...
Parkinson's and Cognition with Vincent Filoteo - On Our Mind
While Parkinson’s disease is widely known as a motion disorder, it affects other areas of the brain including cognition. Bill Mobley welcome...
Parkinson’s Disease: Environmental Factors and Epidemiology - On Our Mind
Bill Mobley welcomes epidemiologist Harvey Checkoway in a fascinating discussion about exploring and revealing environmental factors contrib...
Alzheimer’s Disease FTD and Parkinson’s Disease
With our aging population the incidence of brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease are predicted to reach epidemic proportions. Look at...
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) - On Our Mind
Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a condition that affects the brain with symptoms that worsen over time. Irene Litvan, MD joins Willi...
Parkinson’s Disease: New Developments and Therapies - On Our Mind
Approximately 1 million Americans currently live with Parkinson’s disease. Irene Litvan, MD joins our host William Mobley, MD, PhD to discus...
Parkinson’s Disease: Latest From the Experts (Chinese Subtitled Version)
Subtitled in Chinese: Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative neurological disease that manifests in many different ways often making it diffi...
Lessons Learned in the Electric Brain
Michael Okun, MD discusses the processes and prospects for deep brain stimulation (DBS). Learn why we apply electricity to the brain, how DB...
Parkinson’s Disease: A Dose of Hope
What is it like to live with Parkinson’s, a degenerative neurological disease? Where do you turn for the latest treatment options delivered...