Ray Strand wrote: > janet paterson wrote: > > > Parkinson's disease breakthrough > > > > Tuesday, 5 September, 2000, 00:26 GMT 01:26 UK - Scientists believe they > > are closer to understanding how Parkinson's disease affects the body - a > > breakthrough they say could help to identify a cure. > > > > snip > > is it this one? NOPE I'LL LOOK FOR THIS ONE -- from judith gosh -- what eagle eyes But Goldstein found this drop in blood pressure was associated with a loss of the sympathetic nerve endings. These nerve endings produce a neurotransmitter that is related to dopamine, called norepinephrine. Writing in the Annals of Internal Medicine, Goldstein said he used positron emission tomography (PET) scans to detect the loss of these nerve endings in the heart. > > Yoshita M. > > Loss of 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine uptake by the heart .......................................................................... Ray Strand mailto:[log in to unmask] ...on the edge of the prairie abyss ......................