Uncovering What We Don’t Know About ALS
Overview of ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a neurodegenerative disease that damages motor neurons of the central nervous system. This results in motor con...
Tag: neurodegeneration
What do diet and memory have in common?
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) involves degeneration of tissue in the brain while type 2 diabetes (T2D) involves an problem with insulin resistance. At first glance i...
Struggling to Hold On: The ALS Story
You’re Not YOU Picture this: You are 29 years old, in shape, happily married, thinking of children, an avid baker, and enjoying playing the piano in the e...
Beyond the Shakes: Brain Pathology of Parkinson's Disease and Non-motor Symptoms
If you have ever witnessed someone with Parkinson’s disease suffering from tremors, it is a heartbreaking experience. To see someone trapped in a body they cann...
The many causes and symptoms of Parkinson's
Most of us have heard about Parkinson’s disease and can visualize the symptoms of the disease. You probably picture Muhammad Ali or Michael J. Fox exhibi...
Iron-Chelator? I thought the super hero was Ironman…
A few weeks ago we discussed the new idea that iron levels in the brain potentially have implications in the development of Parkinson’s disease. As a progressi...
Food or Thought: not food for thought
It’s not a new idea that the majority of the food people eat here in the US is unhealthy; we are a nation of convenience. Fast food, ready to prepare meals, an...
Mystery and Motivation
Lithium has been used to treat bipolar disorder for nearly half a century now, even though lithium’s therapeutic mechanism has remained an enigma. No one is ab...
Which is worse?
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is disease in which motor neurons in the brain degrade and eventually die. This leads to the loss of motor an...