Parkinson's Disease Workshop
9.458 · Brain and Cognitive Sciences · Undergraduate · Summer 2006
Prof. Suzanne Corkin
<p>Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive, degenerative disease of the brain that produces movement disorders and deficits in executive functions, working memory, visuospatial functions, and internal control of attention. It is named after James Parkinson (1755-1824), the English neurologist who described the first case.</p> <p>This six-week summer workshop explored different aspects of PD, including clinical characteristics, structural neuroimaging, neuropathology, genetics, and co…
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