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2. Parkinson's disease - Wikipedia

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   Parkinson's disease ( PD ), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term neurodegenerative disease of mainly the central nervous system that affects both the motor system and non-motor systems. The symptoms usually emerge slowly, and as the disease progresses, non-motor symptoms become more common. Usual symptoms are tremor, slowness of movement ...

3. Parkinson-plus syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Parkinson-plus syndromes ( PPS) are a group of neurodegenerative [1] diseases featuring the classical features of Parkinson's disease ( tremor, rigidity, akinesia / bradykinesia, and postural instability) with additional features that distinguish them from simple idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD). Parkinson-plus syndromes are either inherited ...

4. Ablative brain surgery - Wikipedia

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   Parkinson's disease An implanted neurostimulator, sometimes called a 'brain pacemaker, in an adult male as part of ablative brain surgery. Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive degenerative disease of the basal ganglia, characterized by the loss of dopaminergic cells of the substantia nigra, pars compacta (SNc).

5. Multiple system atrophy - Wikipedia

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   Multiple system atrophy ( MSA) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder [1] characterized by tremors, slow movement, muscle rigidity, and postural instability (collectively known as parkinsonism ), autonomic dysfunction and ataxia. This is caused by progressive degeneration of neurons in several parts of the brain including the basal ganglia ...

6. History of Parkinson's disease - Wikipedia

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   The history of Parkinson's disease expands from 1817, when British apothecary James Parkinson published An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, to modern times. Before Parkinson's descriptions, others had already described features of the disease that would bear his name, while the 20th century greatly improved knowledge of the disease and its ...

7. Neuronavigation - Wikipedia

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   Neuronavigation is the set of computer-assisted technologies used by neurosurgeons to guide or "navigate" within the confines of the skull or vertebral column during surgery, and used by psychiatrists to accurately target rTMS ( transcranial magnetic stimulation ). The set of hardware for these purposes is referred to as a neuronavigator .