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Parkinson's disease is a chronic, progressive neurodegenerative condition resulting from the loss of the dopamine-containing cells of the substantia nigra. The resulting dopamine deficiency within the basal ganglia leads to a movement disorder with classical parkinsonian motor symptoms. Parkinson's disease is not clinically apparent until at ...
Parkinsonism is a term that covers several conditions, including Parkinson’s and others with similar symptoms. Some, including healthcare professionals and people with the condition, call it Parkinson’s disease, or PD for short. We call it Parkinson’s. We don’t use the word ‘disease’ because some people with Parkinson’s have told ...
Historical figures have been theorized to have had Parkinson's, including English philosopher Thomas Hobbes, Adolf Hitler, and Mao Zedong. [better source needed] See also. Lewy body dementia, which includes Parkinson's disease dementia; References
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a type of neurologic movement disorder, affecting the brain and causing difficulty with movements, or motor symptoms. It is characterized by its most common motor symptoms — tremors (a form of rhythmic shaking), stiffness or rigidity of the muscles, and slowness of movement (called bradykinesia) — but also ...
Gene therapy in Parkinson's disease consists of the creation of new cells that produce a specific neurotransmitter ( dopamine ), protect the neural system, or the modification of genes that are related to the disease. Then these cells are transplanted to a patient with the disease. There are different kinds of treatments that focus on reducing ...
Pages in category "Deaths from Parkinson's disease" The following 103 pages are in this category, out of 103 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Óscar Agudelo; Genrikh Altshuller; Santiago Álvarez (filmmaker) Jo Amar; N ...
While symptoms and disease progression are unique to each person, knowing the typical stages of Parkinson’s can help you cope with changes as they occur. Some people experience the changes over 20 years or more. Others find the disease progresses more quickly. It is difficult to accurately predict the progression of Parkinson’s.
