Introduction: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic, age-re- lated neurodegenerative disorder that affects 1-2% of the population over the age of 65. PD is characterised by the progressive degeneration of nigrostr...Introduction: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic, age-re- lated neurodegenerative disorder that affects 1-2% of the population over the age of 65. PD is characterised by the progressive degeneration of nigrostriatal dopaminergic (DA) neurons. This leads to disabling motor symptoms, due to the striatal DA denervation. Despite decades of research, there is still no therapy that can slow, stop or regenerate the dying midbrain DA neurons in PD.展开更多
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文摘Introduction: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic, age-re- lated neurodegenerative disorder that affects 1-2% of the population over the age of 65. PD is characterised by the progressive degeneration of nigrostriatal dopaminergic (DA) neurons. This leads to disabling motor symptoms, due to the striatal DA denervation. Despite decades of research, there is still no therapy that can slow, stop or regenerate the dying midbrain DA neurons in PD.