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Organizers: Champalimaud Foundation, Queen Sofía Foundation, CIEN Foundation (Centre for Research in Neurological Diseases), CRE Alzheimer (State Reference Centre for the Care of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease and other Dementias of the Ministry …

Parkinson's disease (PD) was first described by the English doctor James Parkinson in 1871. It is a chronic and progressive neurological pathology which primarily affects body movements. PD is the second most common neurodegenerative condition after …

A Cimeira Mundial de Alzheimer vai realizar-se entre 18 e 22 de Setembro de 2017 em Lisboa, na Fundação Champalimaud, com o apoio da Fundação Rainha Sofia (Espanha). Esta importante cimeira sobre a Doença de Alzheimer assentará em dois pilares fundam…

Alzheimer's disease (AD), which was first described in 1906, is the most common form of dementia among the elderly. Dementias are related to brain damage caused by certain diseases, including AD, a pathology that seriously affects a person's ability …

Huntington's disease (HD), also known as Huntington's chorea, is a neurodegenerative pathology which was first described in 1872 by the American physician George Huntington, after whom the disease is named. Unlike other more common brain conditions,…