Release date: 2016-08-02 According to foreign media reports, Singaporean scientists say they have created the world's first artificial micro "middle brain", that is, the human brain includes parts of vision, hearing and activity control. This part of the brain function is damaged by brain degenerative diseases including Parkinson's disease. The research team, based in Singapore, said their findings will help find new ways to treat patients with these diseases. The created specimen is only two millimeters wide and is a miniature version of the brain's information highway midbrain. Scientists say that a miniature midbrain version with neuromelanin was created. This neuromelanin is something that the normal brain has, but it disappears in the brains of patients with Parkinson's disease, and people don't know why it disappears. Prof. Tan Eng King, a scientist at the National Institute of Brain Neurology in Singapore, said: "Parkinson's disease is a common neurodegenerative disease in Asia. The micro-brain technology and related findings we developed have enabled us to better understand Especially the pathophysiology of midbrain diseases such as Parkinson's disease." This miniature midbrain model will be used to test the efficacy of drugs for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. But the researchers also acknowledge that the real cure for Parkinson's disease will still be a matter of years. Source: China News Network ZHEJIANG SHENDASIAO MEDICAL INSTRUMENT CO.,LTD. , https://www.shendasiaomed.com