SciShow
The Hallucinogenic Fungi That May Treat Alzheimer’s
If you've ever heard of ergot fungi, you've likely heard of the nasty side effects of eating them, including convulsions and hallucinations. But like many a toxic substance, scientists have figured out ways to use ergot for good....
SciShow
Dopamine Isn’t Just a Happy Chemical
When we think of the neurotransmitter dopamine, we often imagine it, and other molecules in our brains, as doing one specific thing. But that's just flat out wrong!
SciShow
This Fruit Could Treat Parkinson's... Even Though It Causes Parkinson's Symptoms
In the 90s, patients displaying symptoms similar to, but not exactly like Parkinson's Disease left doctors scratching their heads. But when they took a look at their patients' diets, they found the culprit in the form of a popular and...
SciShow
How to Reprogram a Brain Cell
In Parkinson's disease, certain kinds of neurons die over time, but it might be possible to reprogram other types of cells in the brain to replace those lost ones.
SciShow
How Music Can Heal the Brain
Sometimes you hear music and you automatically tap your foot, or do a little dance, or walk to the beat. What’s happening in your brain that makes your body move like that? Can music’s effects on movement or speech rewire your brain?
Wonderscape
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest Beyond the Ring
Explore the life of Muhammad Ali, the legendary boxer who became a global icon and outspoken leader. Learn about his fights in and out of the ring, his stance against the Vietnam War, and his lasting impact on civil rights and the world...
Great Big Story
The woman who can smell Parkinson's disease
Discover Joy Milne's unique ability to detect Parkinson's by scent, aiding early diagnosis and scientific research.
Catalyst University
Prions | Mechanisms of Parkinson's Disease, Parkin Prion, and L-DOPA Treatment
Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative prion disease in which affected individuals (e.g., Michael J Fox [comedian]; Muhammad Ali [Heavyweight champ]) suffer cell death in the substantia nigra and tremors. In this video, I will...
Curated Video
Parkinson's disease - a journey through a brain
UK PARKINSON'S BRAINSOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESSRESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 6.12SHOTLIST:Associated Press London, UK - 6 March 20171. Close of complete brain of former Parkinson's patient 2. Various of pathologist Professor Steve...
Curated Video
USA: MICHAEL J FOX SPEAKS ABOUT PARKINSON'S DISEASE
Washington DC, 28 September 1999 XFA
1. Fox walking in with senators
2. Cutaway photographers
3. Fox walking to table
4. Hearing
5. Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania) and actor Michael J. Fox
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael J....
Curated Video
Cuba - Health Tourism
(dur: 10 mins 43 secs/eng. sot: none/Spanish sot: 2 mins 57
secs)
Increasing numbers of foreigners travel to Cuba as "health
tourists" in order to receive medical treatment, either because
it's cheaper there or because it's not available...
Sky News
Woman's 'Super Smell' Raises Parkinson's Hope
VOICED: Scientists are investigating a potential breakthrough in the study of Parkinson's. They're looking into whether the skin of people in the early stages of the condition gives off a subtle but unique scent. If proven, it could lead...
Curated Video
Developing high tech interactive glasses for Parkinson's patients
Almost ten years ago Rick Telford thought he'd had some sort of stroke.
He began to find it more difficult to move, then one day he lost the use of his little finger.
It was the impetus he needed to visit his doctor and then a specialist...
Curated Video
DV Miracle Nun
<HEADLINE: Nun says Pope John Paul II cured her Parkinson's
CAPTION: Sister Marie-Simon-Pierre has been identified as the nun whose claim that she was cured of Parkinson's disease could prompt the Roman Catholic Church to beatify...
Curated Video
Trainer faced Parkinson's along with Ali
Chinese boxer Zou Shiming and his Hall of Fame trainer Eddie Roach recalled Muhammad Ali on Tuesday ahead of Zou's American debut at Madison Square Garden.Speaking to the Associated Press in New York, Roach - who also has Parkinson's...
Curated Video
Doctors Share Memories of Ali, Final Days
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus056981Former physicians of boxing icon Muhammad Ali and staff from the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center in Phoenix, Arizona shared memories of the late sports hero as well as insight into his final...
Curated Video
Nun tells of healing after praying to John Paul II
1. Wide of Sister Marie Simon-Pierre with a portrait of Pope John Paul II, surrounded by media
2. Close of Simon-Pierre with portrait
3. Wide of Simon-Pierre arriving at press conference
4. Mid of Simon-Pierre smiling
5. Close-up of...
Curated Video
Hospital in La Paz uses tango lessons as part of therapy for Parkinson's patients
In the Bolivian capital La Paz, patients with Parkinson's disease and other mobility illnesses are undergoing an unusual therapy to improve their balance, coordination and posture - dancing the tango.
For the past eight months, around a...
Curated Video
Parkinson's disease - a journey through a brain
LEADIN:A drug treatment for Parkinson's is still wishful thinking, but doctors are becoming more adept at understanding and treating symptoms of the disease.Now as researchers mark the 200th anniversary of the discovery of Parkinson's,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is Parkinson's Disease?
A video [8:53] that explains what Parkinson's Disease is and how it affects the body.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Nervous System Health and Disorders
This lesson will introduce several disorders of the nervous system and will investigate their cause and effect on the brain. [6:11]