Abulia: A complete guide to beating a lack of motivation
Have you ever been so tired that you just didn’t want to do anything? Even things you usually enjoy doing? Have you ever lost […]
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Neuro physiotherapy: A complete guide to this beneficial practice
Ever wonder how physical symptoms of diseases such as Parkinson Disease, multiple sclerosis, stroke, head injury, spinal cord injury, peripheral neuropathy, vestibular dysfunction, brain and […]
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Sympathetic Nervous System: A guide to understanding how it works
Our bodies rush with adrenaline and we get into fight-or-flight mode, which is the activation of our sympathetic nervous system. But what is it? […]
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The different types of neurotransmitters: What are they?
You’ve probably heard of how dopamine plays a role in feelings of pleasure, or how serotonin levels influence depression. This barely scratches the surface […]
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Types of exercise: Different types of exercise and their benefits
Types of exercise. Cue the groans! This blog post is all about the benefits of different types of exercise. Yes! You read that correctly! […]
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Functions of Dopamine: What is Dopamine and How Does It Affect you?
The functions of dopamine are too many to count. Dopamine is an extremely famous neurotransmitter working in your brain. Whenever you want to learn […]
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Are You a Mozart or a Macklemore? : Ways Music Helps the Brain
“Without music, life would be a mistake”. Friedrich Nietzche may have been skeptical about a lot of things, but the power of music was […]
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Music Therapy Improves Quality Of Life For Parkinson’s Patients
A thesis defended by Maria Luisa Sanchez at the Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (in Spain) shows that music therapy improves the quality […]
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How to help a loved one live with Parkinson’s
Parkinson’s disease is a neurological deterioration that affects motor skills, but this illness doesn’t stop there. It also causes huge emotional changes that loved […]
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How Does Juvenile Parkinson’s Affect Your Child?
Juvenile Parkinson’s affect your child. We always think of Parkinson’s as an illness that affects the older population, but we’ve seen that juvenile Parkinson’s […]
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How Having Juvenile Parkinson’s Affects Your Sex Life
Juvenile Parkinson’s can affect many areas of your life, causing changes in you and those closest to you. As far as relationships, juvenile Parkinson’s […]
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Parkinson’s Symptoms: Diagnosis in an App
Specialists at the Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre have created a new way to detect Parkinson’s disease that is available to almost everyone. The symptoms […]
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Engineering control theory helps create dynamic brain models
Engineering control theory helps create dynamic brain models. Models of the human brain, patterned on engineering control theory, may some day help researchers control […]
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Scalpel-free brain surgery gives patients with tremor disorder steady hands
Scalpel-free brain surgery gives patients with tremor disorder steady hands Essential tremor is not the same as Parkinson’s disease, although both are marked by […]
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Newly identified compound can thwart protein implicated in Parkinson’s disease
Newly identified compound can thwart protein implicated in Parkinson’s disease. Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, has an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease […]
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How pedal power could ease Parkinson’s
How pedal power could ease Parkinson’s: Cycling can improve connections in brain regions linked to the disease. The exercise boosted patients’ co-ordination and balance, […]
Continue reading »Brain Injury And Pesticide Exposure Combo May Triple Parkinson’s Risk
Having a head injury can be risky enough, but a new study finds people who suffered a traumatic brain injury and lived in area with […]
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