Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease (PD; paralysis agitans) is a neurodegenerative disease of the substantia nigra (an area in the basal ganglia of the brain). The disease was first discovered and its symptoms documented in 1817 (An Essay on the Shaking Palsy) by the British physician Dr. James Parkinson; the associated biochemical changes in the brain of patients were identified in the 1960s. Some genes were identified only recently; others remain unknown.

External links

• Dr. Abe Lieberman's Ask the Doctor Parkinson Forum
• Parkinson's Disease Foundation
• The PD Webring
• National Parkinson Foundation, Inc.
• Parkinson's Resources on the WWWeb
• Parkinson's Disease Society (UK)
• Parkinson's NSW (In AUS)
• Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
• Parkinson's Disease Pictures

Parkinson's Drug Comparison Chart *http://www.rxfiles.ca/acrobat/Parkinsons-Complete-Header.pdf

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