Immune System and Cell Death

The Immune System and Cell Death

One of the things we see in degenerative diseases of the brain is the idea of inflammation or the immune system...

Proteins, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Dementia

The Role of Proteins in Brain Disease

We know that most of the diseases of the brain that we’re seeing that are degenerative, seem to be associated with...

Slowing Cell Death

What other approaches do we have for slowing cell death? Well we know that a number of the diseases there seems...

What-is-Corticobasal-Syndrome

What is Corticobasal Syndrome?

Corticobasal Syndrome is a catch-all term. It’s one of those vague terms which we can lump medical conditions with in. The...

where's the cure for Parkinson's and Dementia

Where’s the cure?

Everybody who gets a diagnosis of a brain disease where cells are dying, wants to know the same thing “Where’s the...

Future of Parkinson's research

Signs of Hope

When patients come to see me in the clinic they often accuse me of being a little bit cynical because I...

where-will-the-cure-come-from for neurodegenerative disease

Where will the cure come from?

People often wonder where the cure will come from, and the truth is that we do have some clues from the...

reaction to diagnosis of Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Dementia

Reaction to My Diagnosis

It’s very confronting when you get a diagnosis of a brain disease, especially an incurable degenerative disease of the brain. Your...

how your feel after you've been diagnosed

What should I do now that I have just been diagnosed?

It’s a real shock when people get told that they’ve got a brain disease. Especially an incurable, degenerating condition which they...

The importance of research

Importance of Research

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all the people that helped me with my research. I’m a clinical academic...