How the brain’s recycling system breaks down in Parkinson’s Disease: Researchers from the University of Queensland have identified that a gene associated with an increased risk of Parkinson’s Disease also contributes to a build-up of cell debris in the brain. Dr Adekunle Bademosi from The Queensland Brain Institute said the discovery could change the focus of Parkinson’s Disease treatment. “Our team has found that a Parkinson’s Disease-linked mutation in a gene called Endophilin A1 blocks the process by which the body and the brain recycle cell waste,” Dr Bademosi said. Without the process, called autophagy, toxic debris builds up and
How the brain’s recycling system breaks down in Parkinson’s Disease as seen on The Hippocratic Post.