{"id":173,"date":"2007-10-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2018\/02\/01\/innovation-anthology-77-professor-biological-sciences\/"},"modified":"2018-02-25T21:29:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T21:29:47","slug":"innovation-anthology-77-professor-biological-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2007\/10\/23\/innovation-anthology-77-professor-biological-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Anthology #77: Professor, Biological Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/innovationanthology.com\/uploads\/1-Innovation Anthology 077.mp3\">Download MP3 Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <strong>Parkinson&rsquo;s <\/strong>is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system.   Among the many symptoms are hand tremors and muscle rigidity that make physical movement difficult. <\/p>\n<p> One scientist studying this movement impairment is<strong> Dr. Ian Whishaw<\/strong> of the <strong>Canadian Centre for Behavioral Neuroscience <\/strong>at the University of Lethbridge.   <\/p>\n<p> Dr. Whishaw uses<strong> rats <\/strong>as a model in his research.  Rats have good motor skills and the regions of the brain which <strong>control hand or paw movements<\/strong> are similar between humans and rats.     <\/p>\n<p> <strong> DR. IAN WHISHAW: <\/strong><em> Well we train the rats to reach for little pieces of food, and they grasp the food and put it in their mouth. And then we have a very elaborate system for describing the movements that they make. There are about ten different components of a reaching movement.  And  then, if the rat is subjected to treatment which makes it  Parkinson-like, that becomes like a human with Parkinson&rsquo;s disease, those movements are impaired.  And then we can study the effects of various kinds of treatments and remedies using that animal.  <\/em> <\/p>\n<p> Dr. Ian Whishaw hopes his work with rats will lead to better treatment for Parksinson&rsquo;s disease, or even prevent it once the cause is discovered.      <\/p>\n<p> <em> Thanks today to <strong>The University of Lethbridge. <\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n<p> <strong> FOR INNOVATION ANTHOLOGY, I&rsquo;M CHERYL CROUCHER  <\/strong>  <\/p>\n<h2>Guest<\/h2>\n<h3>Jan Ciborowski, PhD, <\/h3>\n<h4>University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, <\/h4>\n<h2>Sponsor<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/innovationanthology.com\/uploads\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program Date:<\/strong>\u00a02007-10-23<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>Parkinson&rsquo;s <\/b>is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system.   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