Sentences with phrase «movement symptoms»

The debilitating movement symptoms of the disease are primarily caused by the death of a type of brain cell that produces a chemical called dopamine.

The trial was short - 32 days - and focused on the question of whether the drug made movement symptoms in HD patients better.

Also, because we can identify people who will develop HD before they have symptoms by examining their DNA, we really want to treat people with drugs that delay the onset of HD while people are still well, rather than waiting for movement symptoms to occur.

«But scientists are studying whether the Parkinson's drug levodopa, which can ease movement symptoms, can also influence brain functions such as memory, quick thinking and learning.»

No such mutations turned up in a sample of 760 people without mirror movement symptoms.

People with the disease develop memory problems, mental illness, uncontrolled writhing movements and other movement symptoms.

They observed that movement symptoms in HD mice treated with CTEP for a long time improved significantly more than when they were treated only for a short time.

He had also worked on brain stimulators for alleviating cluster headaches and the movement symptoms that afflict patients with Parkinson's disease.

Known as deep brain stimulation, the approach has already been shown to be an effective treatment for easing the movement symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

This treatment significantly improved the movement symptoms of the mice.

For many HD studies that are focused on movement symptoms, the endpoint is some score that describes how bad a subjects movement symptoms are.

Common depictions of HD emphasizing only its movement symptoms paint an incomplete picture of the real disease.

Currently, treatments are available for the movement symptoms of HD, but no drug is approved to help with the devastating cognitive symptoms experienced by patients.