Parkinson

Jay Parkinson is a private physician practicing in Williamsburg, New York.

Boing Boing 2007

This showed that dopamine neurons degenerated in Parkinson patients and, most importantly, that L-DOPA had the same effect in humans - the patients regained their ability to move.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2000 2000

The use of fetal tissue for transplants in Parkinson's disease.

Sharing a World of Ideas 1988

Doctors have long noticed varying degrees of impulsiveness in Parkinson’s patients, from making uncensored remarks to rare cases of extreme behavior such as compulsive gambling, shopping, eating or sex.

Parkinson’s Treatment Tied to Impulsiveness | Impact Lab 2007

Sure, dummy medications seemed to curb epileptic seizures, lower blood pressure, soothe migraines and smooth out jerky movements in Parkinson’s — but these people weren’t really better.

Fake Pills Have the Power to Help Real Pain | Impact Lab 2006

Paralysis agitans was first clinically described in 1817 by an English physician named James Parkinson; it is also commonly known as Parkinson's disease.

The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963

I played it with a man whom we will call Parkinson, and with whom I had

Tremendous Trifles 1905

Those symptoms may include involuntary trembling, stiff and rigid muscles, stooped posture, or a change in facial expression (such as an absence of blinking) sometimes referred to as the Parkinson's stare.

Toronto Sun 2010

Those symptoms may include involuntary trembling, stiff and rigid muscles, stooped posture, or a change in facial expression (such as an absence of blinking) sometimes referred to as the Parkinson's stare.

Toronto Sun 2010

Americans suffer from the degenerative movement disorder known as Parkinson's disease!

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