Parkinson disease
Progressive movement disorder
Parkinson disease is a progressive neurological disorder affecting movement, causing tremors, stiffness, and slowed motion.
It results from the death of dopamine-producing brain cells.
Symptoms typically begin gradually—a slight tremor in one hand, difficulty with balance, or shuffling gait.
Also called Parkinson's disease or Parkinson's: He was diagnosed with Parkinson's at sixty-two.
- tremorInvoluntary rhythmic shaking
- dopamineReward-linked neural messenger
- shakingRapid involuntary movement
- rigidityState of being unbending
- brainSeat of cognition
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