Progress in Parkinson Research

by William J. Weiner and Franz Hefti

Book Overview

In the past five years significant progress has been made in our basic and clinical under- standing of Parkinson's disease. The discovery that MPTP, a relatively simple molecule, is able to induce parkinsonism in otherwise healthy adult humans, and the recent interest in the possibility of "transplantation" procedures as a therapeutic modality in the treatment of Parkin- son's disease have generated enormous interest in research related to Parkinson's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461280680
• ISBN13: 9781461280682
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.6"