# David Standaert

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Extra Dosage | Empowering People with Parkinson’s

This is a special bonus episode of the When Life Gives You Parkinson’s podcast which we are calling “Extra Dosage.” Full episodes of Season 2 are available every other Wednesday. At the first in a series of events called “Parkinson’s IQ + You” presented by The Michael J. Fox Foundation, hundreds …

Parkinson Disease: Role of the Immune System

Recent work has uncovered important links between activation of the immune system and the progression of Parkinson's Disease. UAB is launching a new NIH funded Center which seeks to define the specific immune mechanisms involved, and develop new treatments to slow or stop the advance of the diseas…

May 9 2017 Issue

Show description/summary:1) Serum neurofilament light chain as a biomarker for mild traumatic brain injury in contact sports2) What's Trending: Biomarker validation and precision medicine in Parkinson disease.This podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing …

BS 197 (Encore) Neuroscience for Dummies with Frank Amthor

This month's episode of Brain Science features an encore playing of my interview with Dr. Frank Amthor, author of Neuroscience for Dummies and Neurobiology for Dummies. It is a great episode for newbies and will be a good review for longtime listeners. This is a FREE sample of my Premium content a…

Staging and Monitoring Parkinson's Disease With Drs. Rajesh Pahwa and David Standaert

In this podcast, expert clinicians will discuss the challenges in the staging and monitoring of Parkinson's disease.

BS 210 Introduction to Neurotransmitters

This episode is our first review of neurotransmitters since episode 8 way back in 2007. We start with some basics of neuron function and brain anatomy, but the meat of the episode is a discussion of neurotransmitters and how they work. The key idea is that a simple molecule, such as dopamine, can h…

History of Movement Disorders: Huntington's Disease in Venezuela

As part of the History of Movement Disorders series, Dr. Sara Schaefer and Dr. David Standaert discuss the research and humanitarian work by Nancy Wexler and team starting in the 1970s in the Venezuelan village of Barranquitas, which has the highest prevalence of Huntington's disease in the world.