Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the progressive loss of dopamine-producing nerve cells in the brain, leading to motor slowing, gait and balance problems ...

In ‘body-first’ Parkinson’s disease, misfolded proteins propagate from the gut’s nervous system to the brain. Immune-cell activity seems to play a key part in this spread. The disease is diagnosed ...

A New Zealand man who received a brain membrane graft from a dead body when he was a baby has been permanently hospitalised ...

Scientists say they’ve developed a highly accurate, single blood test that can predict within three to four years when a ...

An inquest heard that signs of a serious brain disease were found in Ricky Hatton after his tragic death last year - the NHS ...

Most people think of Alzheimer's disease as an illness of aging. But in fact, the brain changes that characterize it begin ...

Digestive symptoms often appear years before tremor in Parkinson’s disease, and growing evidence suggests the gut-brain axis may play a critical role in early disease processes and symptom management.

A seven-year-old boy has tragically died of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) caused by measles years after getting ...

Traditional brain scans only show part of the picture. They can’t fully capture how different regions of the brain communicate—an essential factor in detecting neurological diseases early. Dr. Rahul ...

Leigh syndrome is a rare metabolic disorder that begins in childhood and causes severe neurological and muscular problems.