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What We Fund: $34.2M Toward Light Therapy for Sleep, Freezing of Gait and More
April 29, 2024
… the impact of light therapy for reducing PD symptoms Sleep disturbances are common in Parkinson’s. With earlier … provide the main light signal to the brain for initiating sleep are impaired in PD. They have developed a light …
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Using Sleep Modulation to Enhance the Brain’s Waste Clearance Mechanisms as an Approach to Limiting the Progression of Parkinson’s Disease
… in the brain’s waste clearance mechanisms. Disruptions in sleep, which are common in people with PD, have similarly … PD to investigate how enhancing a particular phase of the sleep cycle can promote natural brain clearance pathways, …
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Comedian Mike Birbiglia Narrates MJFF Animation Video: “What’s the Connection Between Sleep and Brain Disease?”
September 20, 2022
… work properly, and they move or act out their dreams while asleep. They may kick, yell, punch or fall out of bed. This is known as REM sleep behavior disorder, or RBD. So, how is RBD connected …
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Dopamine transporter imaging predicts clinically-defined a-synucleinopathy in REM sleep behavior disorder
November 22, 2020
… Individuals with idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) are at high risk for a …
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The Role of Viral Infection in Immune Dysregulation of Cells in Parkinson’s
… because of disease onset. Most individuals diagnosed with a sleeping disorder called rapid eye movement (REM) sleep …
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Identification of Network, Activity and Behavioral Signatures of LRRK2 Expression
… alters brain activity involved in movement control and sleep quality. In line with our original hypothesis, we … with the LRRK2 mutation slept less and had more powerful sleep spindles, a form of brain wave involved in maintaining …