[Conservative til I die]

I'm done--I've had it with the Pope. Nice man, but obviously senile

I love how everyone says he's senile. Someone please, for the love of God, explain how Parkinson's affects the brain? Really. I want to know.

[realpatriot71]

Someone please, for the love of God, explain how Parkinson's affects the brain?

Parkinson's dz is a progessive loss of motor function, rigidity, and involuntary continuous tremor - etiology unknown. The main pathologic feature occurs in the dopaine secreting neurons found in the basal ganglia of brain neclei. The mechanisms that lead to abnormal motor affects are also unknown.

Cognitive functions are normal.