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Parkinson's Foundation: Better Lives. Together.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder A disease characterized by the loss of cells of the brain or spinal cord, which over time leads to dysfunction and disability; Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS) are all examples. that affects predominately dopamine-producing (“dopaminergic”) neurons in a specific area of the brain called ...