Rodent study indicates that the motor cortex becomes disconnected during episodes of involuntary and uncontrollable movements ...

Researchers uncovered new findings about involuntary muscle movements that come with long-term administration of Parkinson's drug levodopa.

Researchers at the University of Arizona have shed light on a common and troubling side effect of long-term Parkinson’s ...

Parkinson's patients who experience uncontrollable spasms could be treated with a course of ketamine, researchers have found ...

Researchers have uncovered a new understanding of levodopa-induced dyskinesia, a common side effect in Parkinson’s patients, ...

The standard medication levodopa does not always work against tremors in Parkinson's disease, especially in stressful situations. Propranolol, however, does work during stress, providing insight into ...

Previous studies have shown that, compared with oral levodopa medication, continuous infusion of levodopa–carbidopa (duodopa) gel reduces motor complications in advanced Parkinson disease (PD).

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University of Arizona researchers uncovered how levodopa-induced dyskinesia disrupts motor cortex function in Parkinson’s ...

Prasinezumab missed statistical significance in delaying motor progression in early Parkinson's (HR=0.84, p=0.0657).

Tremors can often get worse in stressful situations, but levodopa, the standard medication to treat the condition, tends to ...

For this reason, people with Parkinson’s usually take levodopa in combination with another drug, carbidopa, that inhibits the break down. Researchers have been working to see how much of a role ...