Where are we with repairing the brain in Parkinson’s Disease? – Roger Barker

Speaker: Roger Barker, Professor of Clinical Neuroscience, Honorary Consultant Neurologist, University of Cambridge

Synopsis: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common age-related neurodegenerative condition that presents with a combination of motor problems. PD has as part of its core pathology the loss of a specific population of nerve cells that release dopamine. The loss of this pathway, identified over 60 years ago, led to the development of dopamine drugs to treat PD. These drugs create their own side effects and thus for over 50 years, attempts have been made to better treat PD by replacing or restoring the lost cells. I will present the history and status of repairing this pathway in PD.

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