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Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that primarily affects movement, caused by the gradual loss of dopamine-producing neurons in a region of the brain involved in motor control. The resulting dopamine deficiency leads to the characteristic motor symptoms of tremor, muscle rigidity, slowne…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 31× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2832-4048

Overview

Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that primarily affects movement, caused by the gradual loss of dopamine-producing neurons in a region of the brain involved in motor control. The resulting dopamine deficiency leads to the characteristic motor symptoms of tremor, muscle rigidity, slowness of movement (bradykinesia), and impaired balance and posture, and the disease can also involve non-motor features such as mood changes, sleep disturbance, and cognitive effects. It most commonly develops in older adults, though earlier onset occurs, and although there is no cure, treatment can manage symptoms through medication, therapy, and, in selected patients, surgical approaches. Because the disease affects movement, it has direct relevance to skeletal muscle function and gait. Research in these journals examines many aspects of Parkinson's disease, including the prevalence of impulse control disorders among patients, the effects of medical therapy on homocysteine levels and carotid intima-media thickness, short-term outcomes of deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus, the rhythmic patterns of muscle activation during gait, the sampling of defective molecular pathways, and the use of segmented electrodes to reduce stimulation side effects. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to Parkinson's disease, its motor and non-motor features, and its treatment.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2015

Epigenetics and Nutrition

Kenneth LundstromCorresponding author
Exact topic International Journal of Nutrition Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-14-603
2015

Why Music in Neurology?

Alfredo RaglioCorresponding author
Exact topic Journal of Neurological Research and Therapy doi:10.14302/issn.2470-5020.jnrt-14-483

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 31 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Nov 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Parkinson's Disease, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Journal of Skeletal Muscle (ISSN 2832-4048).

Journal editorial board
Duo Zhang · United States Clara Sciorati · Italy Felipe Padilha · Brazil

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