Research Activities - Clinical
- Parkinson’s disease biomarker research
- Genetic studies of Parkinson’s disease
- Brain imaging studies of Parkinson’s disease and related conditions, e.g. multiple system atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy
- Trials of candidate 'neuroprotective' drugs for Parkinson’s disease, progressive supranuclear palsy and Huntington’s disease, including gene therapy
- Trials of symptomatic drugs for Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease
- Study of cognitive and psychiatric features of Parkinson’s disease
- Dystonia Coalition: Global studies of multiple aspects of dystonia
- Natural progression of Huntington’s disease
- Neuromodulation (deep brain stimulation) in movement disorders and other conditions
- North American Prodromal Synucleinopathy (NAPS) Consortium research: studying Parkinson’s disease and related conditions prior to onset of motor symptoms
- Sleep research in Parkinson’s disease and related disorders
- Clinical research in the Lewy body dementias: Parkinson’s disease dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies
- Motion analysis and eye tracking research in Parkinson’s disease and related disorders
For more information on clinical research opportunities, please review our Emory University Parkinson's Research Booklet.
Research Activities - Basic
- Morris K. Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson’s disease: Circuitry to Therapy
- Parkinson’s Disease Collaborative Environmental Research Center
- Neurochemical anatomy of the basal ganglia
- Mechanisms in dystonia
- Animal models in Parkinson’s disease
- Animal models and targets for levodopa induced dyskinesia
- Primate models of Huntington’s disease
- Neuroinflammation in Parkinson’s disease
- Motor physiology of Parkinson’s disease
- Metabolomics of Parkinson’s disease and related conditions