Parnad Basu, Amity University Kolkata What is Parkinson’s disease? Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects neurons (dopamine-producing) of substantia nigra. Symptoms of this disease develop slowly over the years and vary from person to person. The cause of Parkinson’s disease is not well known which makes it difficult to cure. However, medications and […]
Varuni Ankolekar, Quartesian One of the common neurogenerative disorders noticed in elderly populations is Parkinson’s disease that affects movement. Common symptoms are tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia, and postural instability. Gene behind Parkinson’s disease: Dysfunction of the Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene on chromosome 12 has proven to be the cause of Parkinson’s disease. LRRK2 is […]
Sarah Khatkhatay, SK Somaiya, Vidhyadhar Tau proteins are proteins that exhibit the function of stabilizing microtubules. These are present abundantly in the nerve cells. They have isolated as a microtubule-associated protein and promote the assembly and stability of the microtubules. Microtubules play a fundamental role in the division of the cell and neuronal activity. A […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Many people have a wrong conception that since DNA damage can occur any time at any genomic site of a neuron, DNA repairs take place throughout the genome arbitrarily. Salk scientists have proved this view to be invalid saying that genomic sites are benefitted. Genomic sites are also known as […]
Souradip Mallick, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Parkinson’s disease (PD) affects at a rapid rate almost doubled within one decade. PD is a progressive degenerative disease that mainly affects the brain, the peripheral nervous system, and the gastrointestinal tract, causing progressive movement disorders, gastrointestinal and autonomic dysfunction, sleep disorders, and cognitive impairment. There is no […]
Diya Adhikary, Amity University Kolkata Fritz Jacob Heinrich Lewy (German neurologist) was the first to identify eosinophilic inclusion bodies in neurons of certain brain nuclei. These “eosinophilic inclusion bodies” also referred to as Lewy bodies, were named after him. He described the pathology of Paralysis agitans (the term for, Parkinson’s disease). LOCATION: Lewy bodies are […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder occurring when nerve cells, or neurons, in an area of the brain that controls movement become impaired and/or die. It is a progressive disorder of the central nervous system that affects millions of people worldwide. However, even after being such a wide-spread disease, there […]
Devyani Goswami, Amity University Kolkata It has been a decade long pursuit to decipher the neurological functioning of Alzheimer’s disease as well as Parkinson’s disease. Medical biology has developed various procedure to understand the neurological function in these diseases. With the advancement of technology, the medical biologist has come up with a new type of […]
Shinjini Bandopadhyay, Amity University Kolkata Stem cells possess two fundamental properties: diving repeatedly to make copies of themselves and differentiating to give other types of cells in the body. They can be divided into— human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) which are pluripotent and can give rise to every cell type in the fully formed body tissue-specific […]
