A new potential risk factor Discovered for Parkinson’s Disease

February 21, 2008 by MedHeadlines
Filed under Elderly Care, Neurology, Parkinson's Disease

A new Buck Institute study led by Julie Anderson PhD has just published findings in the online Journal PLoS One demonstrating that high levels of MAO-B can cause Parkinson’s like symptoms in the brain. MAO-B’s are enzymes that regulate nerve activity in the brain and have been associated with neurodegeneration when they are increased in the brain. Read more

Tags: MAO-B, PD

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