Article
Genetic and environmental risk factors in Parkinson's disease.
Clinical neurology and neurosurgery - 1 Mar 1998
Veldman B A, Wijn A M, Knoers N, Praamstra P, Horstink M W
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a multifactorial disorder, caused by a combination of age, genetics and environmental factors. Nigral cells are susceptible to multiple causes of derangement of normal cell function, all of which may contribute to the same Parkinson phenotype. Autosomal dominant alpha-...
Topics
- Aging
- Craniocerebral Trauma
- Environmental Exposure
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Herbicides
- Humans
- Nerve Tissue Proteins
- Parkinson Disease
- Smoking
- Synucleins
- alpha-Synuclein