Parkinsons disease
Parkinsons disease is a neurological syndrome characterized by rigidity, tremor, hyperkinesia, postural instability. A person with Parkinsons disease has untypically low dopamine levels dopaminergic neurons (types of nerve cells) in the substantia nigra part of the brain will died (Dopamine-generating cells). A neurological syndrome usually emanate from deficiency of the neurotransmitter dopamine as the result of vascular degenerative and inflammatory changes in the basal ganglia. Although this disease is not leads to direct cause of death, it is a slow progressive disease, and symptoms get worse over time and it is chronic disease - a long-term disease and is incurable. No specific test exists to diagnose Parkinsons disease. Parkinsons disease based on medical history, signs and symptoms. A Single-Photon Emission by Computerized Tomography (SPECT) scan called a Dopamine Transporter (DAT) scan used to determine the Parkinsons disease.
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