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"It Works!"  Dr. James Paterniti presenting himself as a great testimonial that Deep Brain Stimulation might be an alternative to managing Parkinson's Disease, along with his Minds in Motion Program at Scripps Clinic. T here are many sides to Parkinson’s disease.  Deep Brain Stimulation is one of many alternatives on how to mitigate the symptoms of Parkinson's Disease.  A Parkinson’s disease patient himself for six and a half years, Dr. Paterniti is a recipient of deep brain stimulation; in his words “where an electrode is inserted in the brain and a wire is put in your chest… and it works!” Minds in Motion is a non-clinical standard of care program for people with Parkinson’s and their care-partners created by Dr. James Paterniti and Dr. Lester Cohen through the Parkinson's Association of San Diego, and available at Scripps Clinic.     Minds in Motion is designed to educate about and work with the challenges that Parkinson’s patien...

Jeanne F. Loring, Ph.D., Research Professor, Scripps Research Institute The Doris A. Howell Foundation hosted a panel of Parkinson’s disease specialists who presented the advances in research and the challenges that still lie ahead in the search for a cure for this terrible disease.    The panel presented and discussed topics related to the research advancements currently being conducted, the efforts of the Parkinson’s Disease Association to continue funding Parkinson’s Disease research, testimony from a Parkinson’s patient, the latest in treatment, and a caregiver’s perspective on the challenges of providing care for a Parkinson’s Disease patient.  To understand the advancements made to treat patients with Parkinson’s, it is important to understand what happens in our brain that causes this degenerative disease.   We all have nerve cells that release dopamine, responsible for sending signals to the part of our brain that tells our bodies how and wh...