Over the past dozen years, great strides have been made in identifying mutations that cause Alzheimer (AD) and Parkinson (PD) diseases. But while familial AD cases result from mutations that impinge ...

Whenever a genetic cause is found for a disease, an animal model is in the cards, and Parkinson disease (PD) is no exception. Since recessive mutations in the DJ-1 gene were shown to cause familial PD ...

Black Thought dropped the news during an interview with The Crate 808 podcast. It's been a pretty busy year for Black Thought. Fresh off the release of Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane and Able, The ...

A new study shows dopamine isn’t the brain’s movement “gas pedal” after all. Instead of setting speed or strength, it quietly enables movement in the background, much like oil in an engine. When ...