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1 day ago · Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term neurodegenerative disease of mainly the central nervous system that affects both the motor and non-motor systems of the body. The symptoms usually emerge slowly, and as the disease progresses, non-motor symptoms become more common.
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Jul 31, 2024 · Parkinson’s disease is a multisystem neurodegenerative disorder with motor and prominent, sometimes premonitory, nonmotor symptoms. Detection of gene variants may inform prognosis and ...
Jul 30, 2024 · Parkinson disease, degenerative neurological disorder characterized by the onset of tremor, muscle rigidity, slowness in movement, and stooped posture. Parkinson disease was first described in 1817 by British physician James Parkinson.
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2 days ago · Rasagiline, sold under the brand name Azilect among others, is a medication which is used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. [2] [5] It is used as a monotherapy to treat symptoms in early Parkinson's disease or as an adjunct therapy in more advanced cases. [6] The drug is taken by mouth. [2]
Jul 30, 2024 · DaTscan: A test to help in the diagnosis of Parkinson’s. What is a DaTscan and how is it performed? In 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an imaging test to help diagnose Parkinson’s disease (PD) called DaTscan (dopamine transporter scan).
Jul 23, 2024 · On the heels of new research from Boston University showing that an artificial intelligence model was able to predict a person’s chances of developing Alzheimer’s disease, Weill Cornell Medicine...
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Jul 15, 2024 · Parkinson disease (PD), also known as idiopathic Parkinson disease (iPD), is a neurodegenerative disease and movement disorder characterized by resting tremor, rigidity and hypokinesia due to progressive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra.
