Parkinson's symptoms mainly result from the death or impairment of dopamine-producing neurons in the brain's substantia nigra, a region involved in fine motor control. This is thought to be caused ...

Health.com: My life with Parkinson's In deep brain stimulation, electrodes are used to deliver electrical impulses to the substantia nigra, a crescent-shaped region in the center of the brain that ...

Parkinson's disease is caused by a loss of nerve cells in the part of the brain called the substantia nigra. Nerve cells in this part of the brain are responsible for producing a chemical called ...

In the days before the technique was developed, treatment for Parkinson’s disease meant ... cable implants to illuminate the brain’s substantia nigra with near infrared light, which is thought ...

When they analysed the substantia nigra they recorded a rapid loss of Substance P (a ... Our work identifying that a silent stroke can lead to Parkinson’s disease shows it is more important than ever ...

Parkinson's symptoms mainly result from the death or impairment of dopamine-producing neurons in the brain's substantia nigra, a region involved in fine motor control. This is thought to be caused ...