Scientists are to examine whether drugs that are already in use could be repurposed to treat the symptoms of both Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s in a new collaboration which aims to discover ...

Submission supported by data from the Phase 3 TEMPO program that demonstrated symptomatic improvement across the Parkinson's disease spectrum Positive results across all three Phase 3 TEMPO trials ...

Roche RHHBY announced that it will advance pipeline candidate prasinezumab into phase III development for early-stage Parkinson’s disease. Roche has a licensing agreement with Prothena PRTA for ...

Explore dopamine's role in movement and how it challenges long-standing theories about motor control and Parkinson's disease treatments.

In the late 1960s, scientists discovered a miracle drug for Parkinson’s disease — a simple, inexpensive dopamine-replacement pill called levodopa. It transformed the lives of millions of people.

For decades, Parkinson’s disease has been framed as a simple story of dwindling dopamine, a slow erosion of the brain’s ...

A man expressing sadness with his head in his hands. Image by Tellmeimok. (CC BY-SA 4.0) A man expressing sadness with his head in his hands. Image by Tellmeimok. (CC BY-SA 4.0) A drug used for ...

Researchers at McGill University have uncovered a surprising twist in how dopamine affects movement, overturning a ...

A new study shows dopamine isn’t the brain’s movement “gas pedal” after all. Instead of setting speed or strength, it quietly ...