Monday 20 October 2014

Theory on Parkinson's Origin Strengthened

While Parkinson's disease is strongly linked to the degeneration of the brain's movement center, tracing the origin of the disease led researchers to a different part of the human anatomy. In 2003, the German neuropathologist Heiko Braak presented a theory suggesting that the disease begins in the gut and spreads to the brain. The idea has since, despite vocal critics, gained a lot of ground. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden now present the first direct evidence that ...

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