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No, Parkinson's is the "gift" that keeps on giving! Rayilyn Brown Director AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation [log in to unmask] -------------------------------------------------- From: "Nic Marais" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 1:49 AM To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: PD Causes Thinning of Retina > Does it ever end...??? > > Nic 57/15 > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 6:46 PM, rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Parkinson's News from Viartis: >> >> 12th June 2009 - New research >> PARKINSON'S DISEASE CAUSES THINNING OF THE RETINA >> Archives of Ophthalmology [2009] 127 (6) : 737-741 (Hajee ME, March WF, >> Lazzaro DR, Wolintz AH, Shrier EM, Glazman S, Bodis-Wollner IG.) Complete >> abstract >> People with Parkinson's Disease have been found to suffer a thinning of >> the >> retina. The retina is a light sensitive tissue lining the inner surface >> of >> the eye that is essential for vision. For more information about the >> retina >> go to Retina. A study quantified the thickness of the retina in people >> with >> Parkinson's Disease. No difference was found in the thickness of the >> outer >> retinal layer in Parkinson's Disease, when compared to people of the same >> age that don't have Parkinson's Disease. However, the thickness of the >> inner >> layer of the retina was found to be significantly reduced in Parkinson's >> Disease. This lessening of the retina could affect eyesight as >> Parkinson's >> Disease progresses. This effect on the retina may be because dopamine, >> whose >> deficiency causes Parkinson's Disease, besides being produced in the >> brain, >> is also produced in the retina, and so is liable to cause deficiency >> symptoms there as well. In order to refer to this article on its own >> click >> here. >> >> Rayilyn Brown >> Director AZNPF >> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation >> [log in to unmask] >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: >> [log in to unmask] >> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn