Neurodegenerative Disorders and the Gut-Brain Axis: Parkinson's Disease 2021

Neurodegenerative Disorders and the Gut-Brain Axis: Parkinson's Disease 2021 is organized by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and will be held from Sep 30 - Oct 01, 2021 at National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.

Conference Description:
Every year approximately 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and by 2030, nearly one million people in the U.S. will be living with the disease. Parkinson's disease symptoms are not limited to motor dysfunction and patients who develop Parkinson's disease often have a history of gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, which may form decades before the appearance of motor symptoms. There is a requirement for research on the neuropathological events in the GI tract that may offer insights into the disease origins and mechanisms associated with progressive neurodegeneration with the goal of producing innovative early-phase diagnostic tools or preventative therapies.

Conference Objectives:
• Explain the complications in the coordinated care of motor symptoms as well as the non-motor GI dysfunction in patients with Parkinson’s disease.
• Analyze gut-brain communication in neurodegenerative disorders with attention to common mechanisms and approaches that may have a cross-cutting influence for a broad range of neurodegenerative diseases.
• Evaluate the gaps in knowledge of changes in enteric sensory processes and enteric nervous system structure and function in Parkinson’s disease.
• Discuss the potential of the gastrointestinal tract as a source of biomarkers and novel therapeutic targets for early disease.
• Facilitate crosstalk among brain-gut investigators from NIDDK, NINDS, and NIEHS (program officers from these institutes are on the organizing committee) and partnerships opportunities with these institutes for brain-gut research.

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.