Parkinson's

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Introduction

This image, part of an article on Parkinson's Disease published by the Siberian Times in 2012, depicts several of the major, noticeable, motor-related deficits frequent in patients diagnosed with the disease. http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/a-major-breakthrough-in-treating-parkinsons-disease-cannot-reach-patients/.

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A Basic Explanation of Parkinsonian Neurological Deficit

Antipsychotics

This image, part of an article on Parkinson's Disease published by the Siberian Times in 2012, depicts several of the major, noticeable, motor-related deficits frequent in patients diagnosed with the disease. http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/a-major-breakthrough-in-treating-parkinsons-disease-cannot-reach-patients/.

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References

[1] Hodgkin, J. and Partridge, F.A. "Caenorhabditis elegans meets microsporidia: the nematode killers from Paris." 2008. PLoS Biology 6:2634-2637.

Authored for BIOL 291.00 Health Service and Biomedical Analysis, taught by Joan Slonczewski, 2016, Kenyon College.