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Just (Dr.) Monica

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While commonly viewed as a neurodegenerative disease with motor symptoms, there are many non-motor symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease, several of which can precede diagnosis by years.

#MedSky #Neuroscience 🧪

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Chris Wagner's avatar Chris Wagner @chriswagner.bsky.social
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Oh. Great.

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Toni Korpivaara's avatar Toni Korpivaara @korpivaara.bsky.social
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Looks like I fit the bill… oh well Is it though a classic nature and nurture cohabitation thing for development of Parkinsons D.? Thinking about my ancestors rn

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Kevin J. Black's avatar Kevin J. Black @kjbinstl.bsky.social
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We've known for years (from a Scandinavian registry study) that anxiety precedes motor signs by at least 10-20 years.

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Sharena Rice, PhD's avatar Sharena Rice, PhD @sharenarice.bsky.social
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Wow! All the more reason to develop focused ultrasound neuromodulation medical devices-- Dr. Taylor Kuhn at UCLA did a clinical trial for GAD and is now studying Parkinson's with this noninvasive method. For people who would like to help advance treatment options, please consider joining a study.

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Dave Blake's avatar Dave Blake @blakestah.bsky.social
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In my view, Parkinson's is a low level cell metabolism problem that manifests through alpha synuclein accumulation and tends to cause the most problems through motor problems. But neurons with and without dopamine get negatively impacted. CNS and peripheral nervous system. 1/

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