SLU research implicates natural toxin as triggering Parkinson's disease
Friday, February 11, 2011 - 12:20
in Health & Medicine
In new research from Saint Louis University, investigators have found evidence that a toxin produced by the brain is responsible for the series of cellular events that lead to Parkinson's disease. The study, published in PLoS One, found that the brain toxin DOPAL plays a key role in killing the dopamine neurones which trigger the illness...