Overworked Brain Cells May Hold the Key to Parkinson’s

Overworked Brain Cells May Hold the Key to Parkinson’s

Scientists at Gladstone Institutes uncovered a surprising reason why dopamine-producing neurons, crucial for smooth body movements, die in Parkinson’s disease. In mice, when these neurons were kept overactive for weeks, they began to falter, first losing their connections and then dying altogether. This mirrors the selective neuron loss seen in patients, where overworked cells in [...]