Music has the best chance of providing pain relief when it is played at our natural rhythm, a McGill University research team ...

One neurosurgical treatment for PD involves high-frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN). This is achieved through a deep brain stimulating (DBS) electrode implanted in the STN ...

Parkinson's disease is a progressive disorder that develops when the brain cells that produce dopamine (a chemical involved in movement) stop working or die. When this happens, symptoms like slowed ...

With the large number of PD patients being considered for DBS, it has become critical that criteria are established that may effectively predict the outcome of the surgery in advance of the ...

Jan. 14, 2025 — There may be a link between hearing impairment and an increased risk of developing Parkinson's according to new research. This is one of the first studies to examine whether ...

The author's hi-res music player and headphones ... The MP3 format actually compresses the file by cutting the high frequencies that our ear is not so sensitive to. MP3 uses what is called ...

Jan. 14, 2025 — There may be a link between hearing impairment and an increased risk of developing Parkinson's according to new research. This is one of the first studies to examine whether ...

"If you insert those frequencies into the music, that might influence your activity in those same frequencies in the brain—we saw that the brain was very clearly 'phase locking,' or [working] in ...

This is not the kind of honor I ever anticipated on my life bingo card. But I never expected a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis, either. Or starting a foundation that bears my name, which has ...

Introduction: Researchers have shown that music-evoked autobiographical memories (MEAMs ... Methods: In the current study activation indexed by fractional amplitude of low frequency fluctuations ...

A passionate rave and prog rock fan with Parkinson's disease who teamed up with a composer to create a new piece of music said the end result made him feel "whole". Mick Broad has taken part in ...