Wired for Parkinson’s

WHEN brain cells talk among themselves, it’s like listening to the radio with a really bad reception. It’s as though someone was trying to tune through as many radio stations as possible. That’s because when neurons in the brain fire messages to one another, they emit crackling ‘noises’ similar to radio static. 

But for brain specialists, the “noises” are music to their ears. By eavesdropping on these neural noises, coupled with sophisticated imaging and scanning techniques, they can accurately identify the part of the brain involved in the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease (PD).