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Parkinson’s researchers Dayne Beccano-Kelly, Siv Vingill and Nora Bengoa-Vergniory, along with OPDC administrator Melanie Witt travelled to the Royal Oak, Goodworth Clatford in Andover for a quiz night in aid of Parkinson’s research. During the night, held on Wednesday 12 December, OPDC supporters Bobbie Coelho, Mary Doherty and Dawn Huntly presented a cheque for £1,500 to support Parkinson’s research. The funds have been raised by a number ...
The videos focus on two of our projects to use new technology to better understand the progression of Parkinson's. The first highlights our sleep study which aims to make it possible to monitor sleep in the home using wearable devices. The second features our smartphone app which monitors different motor symptoms of Parkinson's to improve our understanding of Parkinson's and help us improve treatments.
Researchers at OPDC are embarking on a new five-year study looking at the links between a condition known as Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behaviour Disorder (RBD) and Parkinson’s. Funded by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre. The study seeks to improve the remote diagnosis and monitoring of sleep problems at home and is currently looking for people with Parkinson's and RBD to take part. RBD is a sleep problem where the switch that ...
A drug originally developed for prostate cancer may have exciting potential for treating Parkinson’s, according to our new research published in Cell Stem Cell. The study, funded by Parkinson’s UK, suggests that the drug, tasquinimod, which is not yet on the market, works by controlling genes that may cause Parkinson’s. This happens when the drug interacts with a protein inside brain cells. The team here at the Oxford Parkinson’s Disease ...
OPDC Medical statistician Michael Lawton has been working on a collaboration with the OPDC and Tracking Parkinson's cohorts to better define Parkinson's. His research has revealed 4 possible subtypes of the condition.
We are pleased to annouced you can now watch the talks from the 2018 OPDC Participant's day online. The presentations, from September 10th, 2018 cover a range of subjects including our interest the link between sleep and Parkinson's, Parkinson’s dyskinesia, and drug discovery. We also welcomed Djordje Gveric from the Parkinson's UK Brain bank to tell us about the process and it's value. Watch the talks
Work with OPDC from a DPhil project supported by the Oxford branch of Parkinson’s UK has been published in the journal Stem Cell Reports. The project, carried out under the supervision of OPDC’s Richard Wade-Martins focussed on the MAPT (microtubule-associated protein tau) gene, which provides the code for a set of six proteins called ‘tau’, and each of these six tau proteins is made from a different messenger RNA transcript made from the MAPT ...
Last year, we published a paper showing that apathy is very common in people with idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD), and we have now followed this up with a brain imaging study that sheds light on why this is. Apathy is a condition where people feel a sense of indifference to doing activities or being with other people. It is very common in people with Parkinson’s and can have a severe effect on their lives and those of their ...
Watch Mark Kelly's Parkinson Voice Project lecture presented in the Clark and Brigid Lund Parkinson's Education Center. Dr. Mark Kelly is a researcher at the Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre. He qualified at Trinity College Dublin and is currently training in general medicine with a keen interest in neurology and Parkinson’s disease. His research with the Oxford Discovery Project, led by Professor Michele Hu, focuses on the side effects of ...
The Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit at the University of Oxford recently welcomed Lord James O’Shaughnessy, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, for a site visit organised as part of The Royal Society’s Pairing Scheme that OPDC theme 3 co-lead Professor Pete Magill is taking part in. The visit began with Unit Group Leaders Peter Brown, Peter Magill and Tim Denison highlighting why, how and where the Unit ...
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