One of the reasons for neuronal death in Parkinson's disease identified
20/10/2009
VHIR researchers have discovered how abnormal protein clusters in nerve cells are associated with neuronal death in Parkinson's disease and propose a new experimental therapeutic strategy.
Researchers from Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) present the results of a study that explains how the presence of abnormal protein clusters inside nerve cells is associated with neuronal death in Parkinson's disease patients. This research also raises, at experimental level, a new therapeutic strategy that could be potentially applied, although not immediately, to the treatment of this disease, currently incurable.