Parkinson’s Disease progressively affects control of movement. Major symptoms include tremor, rigidity of the trunk and back, slowness of gait and movement, and difficulty in maintaining balance and posture.

Hope Center Research Related to Parkinson's Disease

Nigel Cairns, Ph.D., MRCPath Research Associate Professor of Neurology and Pathology & Immunology; Director, Betty Martz Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Research

Carl Frieden, Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics

James E. Galvin, M.D. Assistant Professor of Neurology

Eugene Johnson, Ph.D. Professor of Neurology and Molecular Biology & Pharmacology; Hope Center Steering

Paul T. Kotzbauer, M.D., Ph.D Assistant Professor of Neurology

Jeffrey D. Milbrandt, M.D., Ph.D. David Clayson Professor of Neurology; Professor of Pathology & Immunology and Internal Medicine; Hope Center Steering Committee

Karen L. O'Malley, Ph.D. Professor of Anatomy and Neurology

Joel Perlmutter, M.D. Elliot H. Stein Professor of Neurology; Professor of Radiology, and Anatomy & Neurobiology; Head of the Movement Disorders Section