ASAP launches data-sharing tool with unique dataset of human postmortem-derived brain samples
ASAP worked with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Verily, DNAstack, and DataTecnica to develop a data-sharing tool, called the ASAP CRN Cloud, which is now available to the entire research community - complete with a new, high-value dataset of human postmortem-derived brain samples to analyze.
Meeting of the (PD) Minds: Recap of the 2024 ASAP CRN Meeting
Core Leadership across the 35 CRN teams came together in person for the 2024 ASAP CRN Investigators Meeting in Rome for a week-long meeting to highlight their teams' most impactful contributions to the PD research field since the start of their award.
Acting out dreams may signal health conditions, including Parkinson’s
Read this article from The Washington Post on how REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) can be a sign of early-onset Parkinson’s disease and how the Michael J. Fox Foundation is inviting people who act out their dreams to participate in the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI).
Neuronal diversity impacts the brain’s information processing
This news story features Team Surmeier’s findings related to the impact of neuronal structural diversity on neural computation, the basis of brain function.
New framework for Parkinson’s stages is based on disease biology
Parkinson’s News Today reports on The Michael J. Fox Foundation For Parkinson’s Research’s (MJFF) proposed framework for defining and staging PD-based on its underlying biology rather than by hallmark disease symptoms.
A common marker of neurological diseases may play role in healthy brains
The news story features Team Gradinaru’s discovery that a protein called phosphorylated -synuclein, which is associated with several neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia, is also involved in the normal processes of how neurons communicate with each other in a healthy brain.
