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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Historical Perspective
Parkinson disease’s symptoms have been known for many years but the first person who documented and recognized Parkinson’s disease was a British physician, James Parkinson in 1817 who named it paralysis agitans. The current name of the disease (Parkinson disease) is from Jean-Martin Charcot. In 1950s a Swedish scientist, Arvid Carlsson discovered the underlying events that happens in brain and cause this disease. Later, in 1967 the drug “L-dopa” was introduced to the market as a treatment of Parkinson ’s disease.[1][2][3]
References
- ↑ Manyam BV, Sánchez-Ramos JR (1999). "Traditional and complementary therapies in Parkinson's disease". Adv Neurol. 80: 565–74. PMID 10410773.
- ↑ Parkinson J (2002). "An essay on the shaking palsy. 1817". J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 14 (2): 223–36, discussion 222. doi:10.1176/jnp.14.2.223. PMID 11983801.
- ↑ Hornykiewicz O (2002). "L-DOPA: from a biologically inactive amino acid to a successful therapeutic agent". Amino Acids. 23 (1–3): 65–70. doi:10.1007/s00726-001-0111-9. PMID 12373520.<ref name="pmid5637779">Cotzias GC (March 1968). "L-Dopa for Parkinsonism". N. Engl. J. Med. 278 (11): 630. PMID 5637779.