snippet The Different Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinsonian and Essential Tremor Nearly one million people in the United States alone suffer from Parkinson’s disease (PD), an astounding number and one expected to double by 2040. Being the second most common neurodegenerative disease, understanding Parkinson’s disease and developing new treatments is critical [1]. One
snippet How Machine Learn Can Improve Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease You’re sitting in a hospital waiting room. The furniture, the walls, and the air all feel sterile and sanitized. There’s a disproportionate number of tissue boxes for the cramped room, and the doctor informs you that they didn’t identify the disease
snippet Seeing Faces: Face Pareidolia and its Connection to Parkinson’s Once you see it, you can’t stop seeing it. A frowny face on your outlet. A look of shock on your bowling ball. Even a colon and the letter D, “:D” – all these things were not designed after human faces, and yet, we
snippet Whi(te) Does It Matter? Examining the Significance of Altered Diffusion Metrics in Diagnosing Multiple Sclerosis One of the most prominent neurodegenerative diseases, multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune condition where the immune system attacks the myelin sheath of its own axons. This renders neuronal axons vulnerable and exposed, leaving behind glial lesions/“scars” in brain tissue which are the