Title: Understanding Parkinson's Disease
First published: October 30, 2006
Description: Chapter 7. A Better Model of Parkinson's Disease: Dopamine Nerve Cells Connect to Many Parts of the Brain -- Dopamine is One of Many Neurotransmitters That Are Important in Parkinson's Disease -- Patients with Parkinson's Disease Lose Cells from Many Areas of the Brain -- Chapter 8. Brain Surgery for Parkinson's Disease: Can Destroying Part of the Brain Be Good? -- "Brain Transplantation" Implanting New Brain Cells -- Gene Therapy -- Chapter 9. Living with Parkinson's Disease -- Mood, Behavior, and Parkinson's Disease -- Can L-Dopa Make People Gamble? -- Are Parkinson's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease Related? -- Sleep and Parkinson's Disease -- Fall and Injury Prevention -- Chapter 10. Conclusions: What Happens to Brain Cells to Cause Parkinson's Disease? -- Living Better with Parkinson's Disease -- The Story of Parkinson's Disease Is Not Finished.
Subjects: Parkinson's disease, Parkinson Disease