All Posts: Parkinson's disease

• Removing Protein “Garbage” in Nerve Cells May Help Control Two Neurodegenerative Diseases

  Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center say they have new evidence that challenges scientific dogma involving two fatal neurodegenerative diseases — amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) — and, in the process, have uncovered a possible therapeutic target as a novel strategy to treat both disorders.

  Category: News Release Tags: ALS, dementia, neurodegenerative disease, neuroscience, Parkinson's disease

• Music for the Mind – Old Songs Create New Memories

  (March 08, 2012) — This year’s Music for the Mind brings together songs of the past and present with entertainer Wayne Brady’s imaginative and comic look back on vocalist and Rat Pack member, Sammy Davis Jr. and singer Sam Cooke’s soulful artistry. Wayne Brady has been featured in television shows such as Who’s Line Is […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Alzheimer's disease, brain, brain research, Music for the Mind, Parkinson's disease