Understanding Parkinson's disease

Sci Am. 1997 Jan;276(1):52-9. doi: 10.1038/scientificamerican0197-52.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Acetylcholine / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Brain / pathology
  • Dopamine / physiology
  • Free Radicals
  • Heroin Dependence
  • Humans
  • Levodopa / adverse effects
  • Levodopa / therapeutic use
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurons / pathology
  • Parkinson Disease / drug therapy
  • Parkinson Disease / etiology*
  • Parkinson Disease / physiopathology
  • Reactive Oxygen Species*
  • Substantia Nigra / physiopathology

Substances

  • Free Radicals
  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • Levodopa
  • Acetylcholine
  • Dopamine