. >> this is a profound insight, which allows us to think that there may be a uniifying theme connecting these disorders, and perhaps allowing us to get a completely new therapeutic approach to this, that if we could solve any one of them in a fundamental way, we would revolutionize neurology. >> rose: episode eight of the charlie rose brain series two. the charlie rose brain series is about the most scientific journey of our time. understanding the brain. it's a series made possible by a grant from the simons foundation. their mission is to advance the frontiers of research in basic sciences and mathematics. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: tonight, we. our exploration into our magnificent brain with a look at disorders of movement. they're associated with changes in the brain cells that help us move. these changes can affect the speed, quality, and ease of movement. the two disorders we will focus on are parkinson's disease, and huntington's disease. parkinson's disease was first described in 1817 by the briti

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not only did it uniify and energize everybody in the room, but what about the voters at home who aretill undecided. we'll take a quick break and be right back. >> abc news live coverage will continue in a moment. >> and so we thank you for joining us here. we are wrapping up the republican national convention. and right on to the democratic national convention next week. stay in touch with us. terry moroon will be here later with "nightline." >> and i'll see you tomorrow with a full wrap-up for tonight's big events. >> for all of us here at abc news, we wish you a good night. ♪ . >>> sometimes he would make us mad because he never thought about his own safety. >> he jumped into the water to save a life and lost his own. we will tell you how the community will remember sherman walden. >>> the judge knocks some time off george hughley's sentence. we will tell you how much from charlottesville, coming up. >>> now you can get all the best deals. abc 2 starts now. >>> he died by helping save another life. the body of a missing boater was recovered. >> his son remembers him running into a

. >> this is a profound insight, which allows us to think that there may be a uniifying theme connecting these disorders, and perhaps allowing us to get a completely new therapeutic approach to this, that if we could solve any one of them in a fundamental way, we would revolutionize neurology. >> rose: episode eight of the charlie rose brain series two. the charlie rose brain series is about the most scientific journey of our time. understanding the brain. it's a series made possible by a wehave therapiesmons but they're symptomatic therapies, and that's what l-dopa is, as stanley made it so clear. the underlying disease process marches on. as eric said it marches by accumulating preons that spread to neighboring cells and more and more spread occurs and it's true of all these diseases we've talked about-- parkinson'sa disease, alzheimer's, chronic dramatic encephalopathy talzheimer's, als, motor neuron disease, and huntington's disease. so we've got to get at these proteins that are turning into preons and stop them. i've marked three possible intervention points. so one is that we decr