Parkinson’s disease is a slowly degenerative neurological disease that is expressed as impaired motor control, tremors, stiffness and, in later stages, problems with balance.  The symptoms are caused by a lack of the signal substance dopamine and is traditionally treated with medication. However, balance problems do usually not improve much with pharmacological treatment. In earlier experiments on rats, researchers from NASA and the Sahlgrenska Academy … Continue reading Portable stimulator being tested on Parkinson’s patients.