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Brain Network Responsible for Parkinson's Disease Identified

The brain network that links thinking with movement, called SCAN, was first described by WashU Medicine researchers in 2023 and has been identified in a new study as the neurological basis of Parkinson's disease. An experimental therapy that targeted this network more than doubled symptom improvement in a small group of patients with Parkinson's, which is characterized by hyperconnectivity between SCAN and the brain's subcortex.

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