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http://ki.se/en/research/spotlight-on-parkinsons-disease

The primary purpose is to assess the importance of environmental factors for Parkinson's Disease (PD) in a population-based sample of Swedish twins. In PD discordant twin pairs, what are the environmental factors that contribute to the disease in the affected twin and or protect the unaffected twin? Second, we want to investigate whether the earlier reports of low heritability for elderly male twins can be confirmed for female pairs. All twins 55 years of age and older in the Swedish Twin Registry have been screened for most complex diseases. 626 twins have screened positive for PD and most pairs are discordant. To establish diagnosis, a physician will examine all potential cases and their co-twins and their medical records will be reviewed. Environmental factors will be studied through the use of discordant pairs, where genetic susceptibility to the disease can be controlled. Environmental exposures are being secured with telephone interviews and from a questionnaire collected 30 years ago. Recent results indicate that genetic factors play a very small role. A better understanding of the etiology of PD is important for the possibility of delaying onset or even preventing the disease, as well as for providing guidance for molecular biology studies. Types of samples * DNA Number of sample donors: 333 (sample collection completed)

Proper citation: KI Biobank - Parkinson (RRID:SCR_008866) Copy   

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http://www.eurobiobank.org/en/partners/description/inncb_copy.htm#organisation

A biobank of human biological material and genetic information. It provides samples and information to researchers in order to identify new genes and clarify pathogenic mechanisms of diseases. The biobank offers biochemical and molecular diagnoses of genetic dystonias, Parkinson's disease and NBIA disorders, as well as storage of biological samples for external institutions.

Proper citation: Movement Disorders Biobank (RRID:SCR_010659) Copy   

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http://brainhealthregistry.org/

A website aimed at recruiting and assessing subjects for all types of neuroscience studies with the internet. The hope is to accelerate various types of observational studies and clinical trials, and also reduce costs. They are interested in having people, including healthy subjects of all ages, join the registry. Joining only takes a few minutes. The web-based project is designed to speed up cures for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other brain disorders. It uses online questionnaires and online neuropsychological tests (which are very much like online brain games).

Proper citation: Brain Health Registry (RRID:SCR_010230) Copy   

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http://braintissuebank.dal.ca

A biomaterial supply resource which supplies brain tissue for researchers studying dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases. The Maritime Brain Tissue Bank archives tissues related to Alzheimer's Disease, mixed dementias, Lewy Body Disease, and Huntington's Disease, among others.

Proper citation: Maritime Brain Tissue Bank (RRID:SCR_013838) Copy   

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http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/schools/school-of-medicine/departments/clinical-departments/pathology/research/oregon-brain-bank.cfm

Brain bank that harvests, banks and disperses postmortem tissue for use in brain and medical research. It also provides neuropathologic diagnoses of organic dementia in a cohort of NIH sponsored research subjects. The bank includes tissue primarily from patients with Alzheimer's but also includes Huntington's, Parkinson's, and other disorders.

Proper citation: Oregon Brain Bank (RRID:SCR_013085) Copy   

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http://www.lji.org/faculty-research/scientific-cores/functional-genomics-sequencing-core/#overview

Non profit collaborative research organization located in La Jolla, California, UCSD Research Park. Institute researches immunology and immune system diseases to pinpoint specific genes involved, accelerate progress toward development of new treatments and vaccines to prevent and cure type 1 diabetes, cancer and infectious disease. Developer of Immune Epitope Database (IEDB). Provides core facilities with access to equipment, technologies, training and expertise to support innovative research.

Proper citation: La Jolla Institute for Immunology (RRID:SCR_014837) Copy   

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https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/research/research-departments/clinical-and-movement-neurosciences/centres-and-projects/queen-4

Platform for archival digital glass slide collection containing digital whole slide images from Lewy body disorders: Parkinson’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease with Dementia and Dementia with Lewy Bodies, and control cases.E stained post-mortem brain tissues from patients with neurodegenerative diseases and controls.

Proper citation: QSBB Digital Pathology Resource (RRID:SCR_025020) Copy   

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http://www.stereologyresourcecenter.com/

A company of professionally trained stereologists, bioscientists, computer engineers, educators, and support personnel that provides comprehensive neurostereology products and services to the global bioscience community. These products and services include: stereology and image analysis software, digital imaging technology, turnkey stereologer solutions, comprehensive stereology and image analysis/image processing software, professional contract services, neurostereology workshops, basic stereology courses, and online stereology webinars. The Center also offers tissue processing (sectioning, staining, slide preparation) and stereology data collection services. Researchers may use equipment and facilities to complete projects with full confidentiality and according to Good Laboratory Practices guidelines.

Proper citation: Stereology Resource Center (RRID:SCR_003137) Copy   

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http://www.fnih.org/

A public charity whose mission is to support the NIH in its mission to improve health, by forming and facilitating public-private partnerships for biomedical research and training. Its vision is Building Partnerships for Discovery and Innovation to Improve Health. The FNIH draws together the world''s foremost researchers and resources, pressing the frontier to advance critical discoveries. They are recognized as the number-one medical research charity in the countryleveraging support, and convening high level partnerships, for the greatest impact on the most urgent medical challenges we face today. Grants are awarded as part of a public-private partnership with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) on behalf of The Heart Truth in support of women''s heart health education and research. Funding for the Community Action Program is provided by the FNIH through donations from individuals and corporations including The Heart Truth partners Belk Department Stores, Diet Coke, and Swarovski. Successful biomedical research relies upon the knowledge, training and dedication of those who conduct it. Bringing multiple disciplines to bear on health challenges requires innovation and collaboration on the part of scientists. Foundation for NIH partnerships operate in a variety of ways and formats to recruit, train, empower and retain their next generation of researchers. From lectures and multi-week courses, to scholarships and awards through fellowships and residential training programs, their programs respond to the needs of scientists at every level and stage in their careers.

Proper citation: Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (RRID:SCR_004493) Copy   

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http://www.remynd.com/

Organization that drives the development of disease-modifying treatments against Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Diabetes and other protein misfolding disorders through two independently managed business units: * Contract Research: The in-vivo Contract Research Organization (CRO) helps its clients to assess the pharmacokinetics and -dynamics of their experimental treatments against Alzheimer's disease. The main focus is on efficacy testing of candidate drugs in reMYND's proprietary Alzheimer mouse models expressing the clinical APP-London allele as single transgene or in combination with clinical alleles of human PS1 and TAU. * Drug Discovery: The Drug Discovery and Development Unit (DDD) focuses on disease-modifying treatments against protein-misfolding disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease (tau), Parkinson's disease (-synuclein), and Diabetes. In addition, reMYND grants licenses and markets commercial kits of RadarScreen, a technology for rapid and cost-effective identification of genotoxic liabilities in early stage drug discovery. reMYND has been substantially supported by grants from IWT and from The Michael J Fox Foundation.

Proper citation: reMYND (RRID:SCR_003824) Copy   

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http://www.patientslikeme.com/

A for-profit health data-sharing platform that can transform the way patients manage their conditions, change the way industry conducts research and improve patient care. PatientsLikeMe aligns patient and industry interests through data-sharing partnerships. They work with trusted nonprofit, research and industry Partners who use this health data to improve products, services and care for patients. They take the information patients share about their experience with the disease and sell it to their partners (i.e., companies that are developing or selling products to patients). These products may include drugs, devices, equipment, insurance, and medical services. Except for the restricted personal information entered when registering for the site, participants should expect that every piece of information submitted (even if it is not currently displayed) may be shared with their partners and any member of PatientsLikeMe, including other patients. They do not rent, sell or share personally identifiable information for marketing purposes or without explicit consent. Because they believe in transparency, they tell members exactly what they do and do not do with their data. Patients have the opportunity to share both personal stories and health data about their conditions to help uncover great ideas and new knowledge. By sharing information on the site, they can put their disease experiences in context and find answers to the questions they have. Every partnership we develop must bring them closer to aligning patient and industry interests. Their end goal is improved patient care and quality of life.

Proper citation: PatientsLikeMe (RRID:SCR_003781) Copy   

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http://www.orion.fi/en/

A globally operating Finnish developer, manufacturer and marketer of human and veterinary pharmaceuticals, active pharmaceutical ingredients and diagnostic tests. They are continuously developing new drugs and treatment methods. Pharmaceutical RD focuses on central nervous system drugs, oncology and critical care drugs, and Easyhaler pulmonary drugs.

Proper citation: Orion (RRID:SCR_003911) Copy   

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http://www.icdd-sas.com/

A contract research organization (CRO) that are mitochondrial experts, operating mitochondrial function screening platforms by using accepted pharmaceutical innovative technologies. The dynamic analysis of several typical markers of central and mitochondrial metabolism, redox status, or mitochondrial biogenesis are included in the determination of bioenergetic balance in living cells of human origin. These platforms are used to validate the activity of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and environmental assets xenobiotics on mitochondrial targets associated with the activity or toxicity of these products under the selected models. They specialize in the selection of drugs affecting the progression of neurodegenerative diseases and offer proven models of Huntington's disease, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, using primary cells of human origin. They have developed and use technology cellulomique and proteomics to identify early response profiles and clinical safety of pharmaceutical products for diseases of the CNS.

Proper citation: Innovative Concepts in Drug Development (RRID:SCR_003940) Copy   

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http://www.opko.com/

A multi-national pharmaceutical and diagnostics company that develops, manufactures, and distributes an extensive array of diagnostics and therapeutics for a wide range of indications and conditions. They focus on production of cardiovascular products, vaccines, hormones, antibiotics, gastrointestinal products, and eye care. The company operates in the U.S., Chile, Israel, Mexico, Uruguay, and Spain. (Adapted from Wikipedia)

Proper citation: OPKO (RRID:SCR_004035) Copy   

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http://www.polygenicpathways.co.uk

Database of disease genes and risk factors and of host pathogen/interactomes. Lists genes, pathways and environmental risk factors positively associated with diseases and conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis, childhood obesity, anorexia nervosa, HIV-1/AIDS, and helicobacter pylori. Details of polymorphisms as well as negative/positive association data can be found via Useful links. Throughout the site are links to Entrez Gene and Pubmed.

Proper citation: Polygenic Pathways (RRID:SCR_006962) Copy   

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https://www.michaeljfox.org/foundation/funded-grants.php

The Foundation supports research that can lead to the creation of better Parkinson's treatments. Here you can search previously awarded grants by keyword, program name, researcher name, institution/organization name, or year.

Proper citation: Michael J. Fox Foundation Funded Grants (RRID:SCR_007152) Copy   

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http://westonbraininstitute.ca/

Canadian granting agency to address the existing translational funding gap in neurodegenerative research of the aging population with a goal of accelerating the development of therapeutics and to encourage innovation in the granting process. To achieve this they address gaps and inefficiencies in the funding market by supporting high-risk, high-reward projects independent of commercial potential, while leveraging world-class business and scientific expertise to build a fast and flexible granting process. The Weston Brain Institute is committing up to $10 million in funding across Canada, each year, through various programs and partnerships. The Weston Brain Institute has ongoing collaborative relationships with the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation - Canada, Brain Canada, the Michael J. Fox Foundation, as well as a group of scientific advisors chaired by Dr. Andres Lozano.

Proper citation: Weston Brain Institute (RRID:SCR_004016) Copy   

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http://bioinformatics.charite.de/synsysnet/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on August 19,2025. A curated database for synaptic proteins that provides adequate definitions of pre- and post-synaptic proteins, proteins present in sub-domains of the synapse, e.g. the synaptic vesicle and associated proteins, lipid rafts and postsynaptic density. In addition to data that was and will be gathered from the experiments conducted within SynSys - A European expertise Network on building the synapse, they have extracted and manually curated all relevant data on these proteins from other sources and provided an ontology for these. Novel splice forms are being identified that can be matched with proteomics data. Information on proteins, their 3D structure, binding small molecules Protein-Protein-Interactions (PPIs) and Compound-Protein-Interactions are integrated. Proteins or compounds can be searched and Interactive Networks can be visualized. The point Diseases present neurological diseases, to illustrate the role of SynSysNet in the medication.

Proper citation: SynSysNet (RRID:SCR_003180) Copy   

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http://www.brainfacts.org/

A web portal that aggregates information and educational materials about the brain and brain diseases. Resources such as videos, key brain concepts, and hands-on activities may be used and shared with the public.

Proper citation: brainfacts.org (RRID:SCR_003514) Copy   

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http://www.nitrc.org/ir/

Data repository for neuroimaging data in DlCOM and NIFTI formats. It allows users to search for and freely download publicly available data sets relating to normal subjects and those with diagnoses such as: schizophrenia, ADHD, autism, and Parkinson's disease.XNAT-based image registry that supports both NIfTI and DICOM images to promote re-use and integration of NIH funded data.

Proper citation: NITRC-IR (RRID:SCR_004162) Copy   

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