A hormone secreted into the blood during endurance, or aerobic, exercise reduces levels of a protein linked to Parkinson’s disease and halts movement problems in mice, researchers report.
Parkinson’s disease, a neurologic condition that causes people to lose control over their muscles and movements, affects about 1 million people in the US.
If confirmed in additional laboratory research and clinical trials, the researchers’ study in mice engineered to have Parkinson’s disease symptoms could pave the way for a Parkinson’s disease therapy based on the hormone irisin.
Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Ted Dawson, and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute’s Bruce Spiegelman worked together to look into the link between the exercise molecule irisin and Parkinson’s disease….