Parkinson's Disease

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Causes

The body's ability to produce smooth, controlled, muscular activity is a product of many complex, interrelated functions. Few, however, are as critical as the functioning of the nerve cells, or neurons, in the part of the brain called the substantia nigra. These neurons produce the brain chemical dopamine, which is responsible for transmitting signals associated with muscular activity between the substantia nigra and another part of the brain, the corpus striatum.


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