Parkinson's Disease (Print Version)

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Parkinson's Disease

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Latest News

Dopamine Limits Learning in Parkinson's Patients (11/05/2004, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_21083.html (*this news item will not be available after 12/05/2004)
Brain Chemical Helps People Make Good Choices (11/04/2004, Scripps Howard News Service) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_21072.html (*this news item will not be available after 12/04/2004)
One-Sided Brain Stimulation Improves Parkinson's (11/03/2004, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_21038.html (*this news item will not be available after 12/03/2004)
Researchers Discover Gene Mutations for Parkinson's Disease (10/22/2004, National Institute on Aging) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2004/nia-22.htm
More News on Parkinson's Disease - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alphanews_p.html#ParkinsonsDisease

From the National Institutes of Health

Parkinson's Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/parkinsons_disease.htm
Parkinson's Disease Backgrounder (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/pubs/parkinson's_disease_backgrounder.htm
Parkinson's Disease: Hope Through Research (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/pubs/parkinson_disease_htr.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/pubs/parkinson_disease_spanish.htm

Overviews

Parkinson's Disease (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00295
Parkinson's Disease (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/parkinsonsdiseaseloader.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tutorials/parkinsonsdiseasespanishloader.html
Parkinson's Disease (We Move) - http://www.wemove.org/par/
Primer on Parkinson Disease (National Parkinson Foundation, Inc.) - http://www.parkinson.org/site/pp.asp?c=9dJFJLPwB&b;=71354

Diagnosis/Symptoms

Common Symptoms of Parkinson's (Parkinson's Disease Foundation) - http://www.pdf.org/AboutPD/symptoms.cfm
How Is Parkinson’s Diagnosed? (Parkinson's Disease Foundation) - http://www.pdf.org/AboutPDF/diagnosing_parkinsons.cfm

Treatment

Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/deep_brain_stimulation.htm
FDA Approves Apokyn for the Acute Treatment of Episodes of Immobility in Parkinson’s Patients (Food and Drug Administration) - http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/answers/2004/ans01284.html
Medications for Parkinson's (Parkinson's Disease Foundation) - http://www.pdf.org/AboutPD/med_treatment.cfm
Pallidotomy (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/pallidotomyloader.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tutorials/pallidotomyspanishloader.html
Parkinson's Disease: Nonpharmacologic Treatments (We Move) - http://www.wemove.org/par/par_nphm.html
Parkinson's Disease: Pharmacologic Treatments (We Move) - http://www.wemove.org/par/par_phm.html
Thalamotomy (We Move) - http://www.wemove.org/par/par_thal.html

Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov: Parkinson Disease (National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D010300&recruiting;=true

Alternative Therapy

Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Parkinson Disease (National Parkinson Foundation, Inc.) - http://www.parkinson.org/site/pp.asp?c=9dJFJLPwB&b;=132603
Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Parkinson Disease (National Parkinson Foundation, Inc.) - http://www.parkinson.org/site/apps/s/content.asp?c=9dJFJLPwB&b;=108269&ct;=160622

Specific Conditions

Bladder Problems in Parkinson Disease (National Parkinson Foundation, Inc.) - http://www.parkinson.org/site/pp.asp?c=9dJFJLPwB&b;=185126
Depression and Parkinson's Disease (National Institute of Mental Health) - http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depparkinson.cfm
Muscle Cramps (National Parkinson Foundation, Inc.) - http://www.parkinson.org/site/apps/s/content.asp?c=9dJFJLPwB&b;=108269&ct;=89703

Nutrition

Parkinson's Disease: Nutritional Matters (National Parkinson Foundation, Inc.) - Links to PDF File - Large file - http://www.parkinson.org/atf/cf/{F0E9372E-94BC-4BFF-89A3-AF6BAB57D6CF}/NutritionMatters.pdf

Disease Management

Living with Parkinson's Disease (American Occupational Therapy Association) - http://www.aota.org/featured/area6/links/link02am.asp
Parkinson's Disease: Fitness Counts (National Parkinson Foundation, Inc.) - Links to PDF File - Large file - http://www.parkinson.org/atf/cf/{F0E9372E-94BC-4BFF-89A3-AF6BAB57D6CF}/FitnessCounts.pdf
Role of the Patient (Parkinson's Disease Foundation) - http://www.pdf.org/AboutPD/roleofpatient.cfm

Coping

Living with Parkinson's Disease (National Parkinson Foundation, Inc.) - http://www.parkinson.org/site/pp.asp?c=9dJFJLPwB&b;=71356
Love, Sex & Parkinson's Disease (Parkinson's Disease Foundation) - http://www.pdf.org/AboutPDF/love_sex.cfm
Parkinson's Disease: Caring and Coping (National Parkinson Foundation, Inc.) - Links to PDF File - Large file - http://www.parkinson.org/atf/cf/{F0E9372E-94BC-4BFF-89A3-AF6BAB57D6CF}/CaringCoping.pdf

Related Issues

Driving When You Have Parkinson’s Disease (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/olddrive/Parkinsons%20Web/index.html
Parenthood and Parkinson’s Disease (Parkinson's Disease Foundation) - http://www.pdf.org/AboutPDF/parenthood.cfm
Savings on Drugs (Parkinson's Disease Foundation) - http://www.pdf.org/AboutPDF/savings_on_drugs.cfm

Research

Combination of Two Widely Used Pesticides Linked to Parkinson's Disease (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) - http://www.niehs.nih.gov/centers/2001news/ctrnews5.htm
Dystonia Protein Linked to Problem Common in Other Neurological Disorders (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_article_torsion_dystonia.htm
Life and Death of a Neuron (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/pubs/NINDS_Neuron.htm
New Findings about Parkinson's Disease: Coffee and Hormones Don't Mix (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_article_parkinson_caffeine_hrt.htm
Nine Scientific Pathways to Understanding Parkinson’s (Parkinson's Disease Foundation) - http://www.pdf.org/AboutPDF/nine_pathways.cfm
Procedure Appears to Boost Motor Skills in Patients with Parkinson Disease (American Medical Association) - http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ1GXTKSVD⊂_cat=2
Vaccine Reduces Parkinson's Disease Neurodegeneration in Mice (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_article_parkinson_vaccine.htm
What Causes Parkinson's? (Parkinson's Disease Foundation) - http://www.pdf.org/AboutPD/causes.cfm
What's in a Connection? A Look at Protein Patterns within Synapses (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_article_synapses.htm

Genetics

Genes and Disease: Parkinson Disease (National Center for Biotechnology Information) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowSection&rid;=gnd.section.212
Investigators Explore Selective Silencing of Disease Genes (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_article_gene_silencing.htm
Learning about Parkinson's Disease (National Human Genome Research Institute) - http://www.genome.gov/page.cfm?pageID=10001217
Major New Finding on Genetics of Parkinson's Disease Zeroes In on Activity of Alpha Synuclein (National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute on Aging) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2003/nia-30.htm
Researchers Discover Gene Mutations for Parkinson's Disease (National Institute on Aging) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2004/nia-22.htm
Scientists Pinpoint Gene Influencing Age-at-Onset of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s (National Institute on Aging) - http://www.nia.nih.gov/NewsAndEvents/PressReleases/PR20031021Scientists.htm
Yeast Model Yields Insights into Parkinson's Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/dec2003/ninds-04.htm

Dictionaries/Glossaries

Glossary of Terms (We Move) - http://www.wemove.org/glossary/

Directories

Find a Neurologist (American Academy of Neurology) - http://www.aan.com/public/find.cfm
Parkinson's Research Centers (Parkinson's Disease Foundation) - http://www.pdf.org/AboutPD/centers.cfm

Organizations

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
National Parkinson Foundation, Inc. - http://www.parkinson.org/
Parkinson's Disease Foundation - http://www.pdf.org/
We Move - http://www.wemove.org/

Children

Parkinson's Disease (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/kid/grownup/conditions/parkinson.html

Other Languages

Parkinson's Disease (Family Caregiver Alliance) - In Chinese - http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=816

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The primary NIH organization for research on Parkinson's Disease is the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/

Page last updated: 07 November 2004
Topic last reviewed: 17 October 2004