Discovered the mechanism of spreading Parkinson's disease in the human brain

According to the findings of researchers at Vienna Medical University (Austria), Parkinson's disease spreads from one cell to another in the brain like an infectious disease.

Scientist Gbor Kovacs, who led the study, said that by using a special antibody, they were able to detect the mechanism of transmission of Parkinson's disease in the human brain . This is the first time that observations have been carried out directly on the human brain because this process was only observed in the samples before.

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The study focused on the type of protein Alpha-nuclein that is predominantly in the human brain and often appears in the pathological state of people with Parkinson's disease (and patients with schizophrenia related to the entity Lewy). Since then, the team has discovered how neurons receive these proteins and then transfer them to other cells.

It is this "spread" process that causes other areas of the brain that are infected to explain why during the course of the disease, the patient's condition is getting worse and there are new symptoms.

The study also showed how treatments for patients could be based on preventing this mechanism of spreading the pathological Alpha-nuclein protein. In addition, antibodies can also be used to support the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia.

The new study also coincides with claims related to Alzheimer's disease that German neurologist Armin Giese announced on September 16.