Parkinson's Disease - What is the Role of the NINDS?
As a world leader in research on neurological disorders, including Parkinson's disease, the NINDS supports a wide range of basic laboratory studies and clinical trials at its Bethesda, Maryland, location and at grantee institutions around the world. Current research programs funded by the NINDS include using animal models to study how the disease progresses, developing new drug therapies, and implanting tissue in animals and humans. Through these and other research projects, scientists are moving ever closer to unraveling the mysteries of Parkinson's disease. For patients and families of patients, this research should offer encouragement and hope for the future.
The Institute also sponsors an active information program that provides patients and the general public with educational materials and research highlights. Among the NINDS publications that may be of interest to those concerned about Parkinson's disease is "Know Your Brain," an 8-page fact sheet that explains how the healthy brain works and what happens when the brain is diseased or dysfunctional.
