All Posts: brain
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Researchers Decode How Cancer Drug Works in Brains of Parkinson’s Disease Patients
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (March 12, 2019) — Laboratory analysis from the first arm of a phase II clinical trial testing the use of nilotinib in patients with Parkinson’s disease demonstrates precisely how the agent increases levels of dopamine in the brains of study participants, says a research team at Georgetown University Medical Center. Symptoms […]
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Training the Next Generation of Researchers in Movement Disorders
(February 8, 2019) — After she first developed a tremor in her right hand, years went by before Pam Cota was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease by Fernando Pagan, MD (M’96, R’00), director of the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Movement Disorders Clinic. The number of Parkinson’s disease patients expected to grow to 1.2 million by 2030, according […]
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Georgetown Physician Leads International Experts in Developing Treatment Guidelines for Huntington’s Disease Symptoms
(February 1, 2019) — A group of international experts in Huntington’s disease, led by Georgetown University Medical Center’s Karen Anderson, MD, has developed consensus guidelines for the clinical management of behavior symptoms caused by the incurable disease. Huntington’s disease is a fatal genetic disorder that impacts a person’s physical and mental abilities that is often accompanied […]
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Researchers Find Inhibiting One Protein Destroys Toxic Clumps Seen in Parkinson’s Disease
MEDIA CONTACT (ONLY, PLEASE):Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (November 14, 2018) — A defining feature of Parkinson’s disease is the clumps of alpha-synuclein protein that accumulate in the brain’s motor control area, destroying dopamine-producing neurons. Natural processes can’t clear these clusters, known as Lewy bodies, and no one has demonstrated how to stop the build up as well […]
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Georgetown University Medical Center Selects Nora Volkow for Highest Honor
MEDIA CONTACTKaren Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (November 12, 2018) — Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) will present Nora Volkow, MD, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a part of the National Institutes of Health, with its highest honor, the Cura Personalis Award, at a ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 4 p.m. “The tradition of bestowing […]
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Opioid Gene Variant in Adolescents Reduces Reward, May Increase Later Substance Abuse Risk
MEDIA CONTACTKaren Teberkm463@georgetown.edu SAN DIEGO (November 5, 2018) — Adolescents with a particular variant of an opioid receptor gene have less response in a part of the prefrontal cortex that evaluates rewards, compared to those with the other version of the gene, say researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC). For the study, presented Monday […]
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Doctors Speak Out Panelists on the Progress and Promise of Huntington’s Disease Research
A recent Doctors Speak Out event highlighted the progress scientists have made toward understanding Huntington’s disease, the promise of recent research developments, and the contributions of the Georgetown Huntington’s Disease Care, Education and Research Center (HDCERC).
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Cures Within Reach Funds Huntington’s Disease Clinical Trial with Nilotinib at Georgetown
Georgetown University Medical Center announces a clinical trial testing the safety of the repurposed cancer drug nilotinib in Huntington’s disease. This is the fourth clinical trial of the drug for a neurodegenerative disorder.
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Medical Students Examine Solutions to a Deadly Epidemic
After taking a selectives course on the opioids epidemic, Georgetown University School of Medicine students feel empowered to use interventions and treatment techniques to combat an issue that has affected millions of Americans.
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Use of Electrical Brain Stimulation to Foster Creativity Has Sweeping Implications
What is creativity, and can it be enhanced — safely — in a person who needs a boost of imagination? In a newly published article, Georgetown experts debate the growing use of electrical devices that stimulate brain tissue to improve various forms of creative cognition.
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