Q&A: The Latest in PD Research 2023

Q&A: The Latest in Parkinson's Research 2023 with Jeff Bronstein, MD, PhD, from UCLA.

A Parkinson's Community Los Angeles (PCLA) "Let's Talk Parkinson's" online live program from July 27, 2023. www.pcla.org.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:42 Dr. Bronstein Intro
02:37 What Causes Parkinson’s?
06:12 α-Synuclein Pathology
07:44 Vagotomy Reduces Risk of PD
08:35 Where PD Starts
10:04 Symptoms
11:54 PD Process Spans Decades
12:46 What Starts the PD Process?
17:10 Environmental Factors
20:47 Disease Pathways
22:16 Promising Diagnostic Tools
25:08 Promising Therapies
28:46 Prothena
30:18 GLP-1 Agonists
31:36 Exenatide and PD
32:01 1st Disease Modifying Therapy
33:38 Promising Symptomatic Therapies
36:02 Continuous Levodopa Delivery
36:38 New UCLA Faculty Research
38:38 Q&A
56:29 Closing
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