Parkinson's disease (PD) is a type of movement disorder. It happens when nerve cells in the brain don't produce enough of a brain chemical called dopamine. Sometimes it is genetic, but most cases do not seem to run in families. Exposure to chemicals in the environment might play a role.
Symptoms begin gradually, often on one side of the body. Later they affect both sides. They include
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- Lewy Body Dementia (National Library of Medicine)... types of LBD: dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease dementia. Both types cause the same changes in ... more trouble with mental activities than with memory. Parkinson's disease dementia starts as a movement disorder. It first ...
- Parkinson's Disease (National Library of Medicine)Parkinson's disease (PD) is a type of movement disorder. It happens when nerve cells in the brain don' ...
- Parkinson's Disease (Nemours Foundation)A person with Parkinson's disease gradually loses the ability to totally control body movements. Find out more about this disease that most often affects ...
- Parkinson's Disease: Hope through Research
(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Parkinson's Disease/Start Here ... Parkinson's Disease ... National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ... From the National Institutes of Health ... - ... lead research agencies studying the environmental causes of Parkinson's disease | Parkinson's is a neurodegenerative disease thought to be ... pd, chronic neurodegenerative disease, dopamine, parkinson's disease
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- Parkinson's Disease/Genetics ... Parkinson's Disease ... National Human Genome Research Institute ... From the National Institutes of Health ... Parkinson's disease is a ...
- Parkinson's Disease Dementia (Alzheimer's Association)Parkinson's disease dementia – learn about signs, symptoms, diagnosis, causes, risks and treatments and links to other types of ...
- Parkinson's Disease/Start Here ... Parkinson's Disease ... National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ... Short Summary ... From the National Institutes of Health
- Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement Disorders (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that leads to resting tremor, rigidity, slowness of movement, and postural ...
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