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December 1, 2025
Researchers have reached a major milestone in the effort to understand and treat Parkinson’s disease: more than 100,000 DNA samples from study participants around the world have now been genotyped and sequenced through the Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2).
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Popular Science reports on a recent discovery that found a relationship between neuron type and dopamine function, and one type of dopamine neuron has an unexpected function that will likely reshape how scientists, clinicians and the public understand this neurotransmitter.
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Parkinson’s News Today discusses a cellular study of mice by Team Awatramani that found that a specific subset of dopamine-producing nerve cells in the brain appear to respond to movement acceleration and correspond with the region where cell death is particularly pronounced in PD.
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Read this article to see how ASAP teams Awatramani and Surmeier are studying alterations in the brain that contribute to the development of Parkinson’s disease.
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Check out this article from Parkinson's News Today to learn more abut how ASAP Team Awatramani's research is focusing on brain circuits, the specific populations of interconnected brain cells that carry out functions together, and how particular circuits may be affected in Parkinson’s.
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