Pesticides May Promote Parkinson’s Disease And Exercise May Offer Protection, According To New Reports

New research into Parkinson’s disease is helping scientists better understand some of the mechanisms of this serious and disabling brain disorder, which affects about 1 million people in the United States. Knowledge of the environmental factors and genetics of this illness has allowed investigators to create models of disease that are being used to examine potential causes of neuron disease and to test experimental therapeutics in animals.
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