Drugs for Parkinson's Disease
November 1, 2013 (Issue: 135)
The motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) are
caused primarily by progressive degeneration of
dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. The non-motor
symptoms of the disease are thought to be caused
by degeneration of other...more
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