Hi Wendy:
I did not find any reference to idiopathic Pd and dormancy in the Pubmed
search.
Raj
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From: "Wendy Siegel" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 4:30 PM
Subject: question - toxin induced, or idiopathic?
> Hi!
> I recently saw the following quote on another list:
>
> "Happily, research in western medicine in the last three years has
> confirmed our hypothesis, first published in 1998, that substantia
> nigra cells in people with idiopathic Parkinson's disease are not
> dead, but are merely dormant. These dormant cells are different from
> the substantia nigra cell condition in drug- or toxin-induced
> parkinsonism (small "p") in which the cells have actually been
> killed. "
>
> Is anyone familiar with this research? How can they tell if the
> Parkinson's is toxin induced or idiopathic, when from what I understand,
> we are not even sure what causes Parkinson's?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Wendy
>
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