Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause a number of strange sensations, like numbness, tingling, and more. “It felt like electricity ...
In March 2023, a young girl came to Boston Children’s Hospital unable to hold up her head — one striking symptom of aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency. This rare neurological ...
For decades, scientists have understood that when a person perceives something as pleasurable, dopamine is released in their brain. Hear a favorite song come on the radio? Dopamine time. See the ...
Parkinson’s disease affects over 10 million people globally, with incidence increasing after age 60. Dopamine-producing neuron loss leads to both motor and non-motor symptoms, including tremors, sleep ...
The FDA granted accelerated approval to eladocagene exuparvovec (Kebilidi) to treat children and adults with aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency, the agency announced Thursday. The ...
The cardinal motor features of PD are bradykinesia, rigidity and resting tremor. The disease is typically asymmetric, starting on one side and remaining worse on that side as the disease progresses.