, Feb. 8 -- Chinese researchers have identified a central brain network responsible for Parkinson's disease, with early clinical trials showing encouraging results from treatments that directly target this network.

The discovery was made by a team led by Professor Liu Hesheng of Changping Laboratory in Beijing and was published on Thursday in the journal Nature.

According to the China Parkinson's Disease Report 2025, more than 5 million people in China are living with Parkinson's disease, accounting for about 40 percent of patients worldwide. The condition is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer's disease.

Parkinson's has long been viewed mainly as a movement disorder, marked by symptoms such as tremors, sl...