Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by the loss of dopaminergic neurons and characterized by motor signs including bradykinesia, rigidity, resting tremor, and reduced ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have conducted the largest epidemiological study of Parkinson's disease. Red areas on the map indicate a prevalence of 13,800 ...

Researchers in Japan scored a world first by imaging how a substance responsible for Parkinson’s disease and Lewy ... team referred to the PET method to image the causative substance for ...

Some patients with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) develop dose-related ... the patient was in the positron emission tomography (PET) scanner. Instead, patients rated various symptoms using ...