there was a study , published in the journal (NEUROLOGY) IN JUNE 1995 RE: PARKINSONS DISEASE PATIIENTS GIVEN GANGLIOSIDE G M 1. THERE WERE STUDIES PUBLISHED IN VARIOUS NEUROLOGIC AL JOURNALS PUBLISHED IN 1991 AND 1992 OF MONKEYS MADE PARKONSONIAN BY BEING INJECTED BY MPTP AND THEN HAVING THE P.D. SYMPTOMS REVERSED BY GIVEN INJECTIONS OF GANGLIOSIDE G.M.1.. DR. STEVE SCHNEIDER OF HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY IN PHILADELPHIA, PA. ( TELEPHONE 215 762 3066 ) IS CURRENTLY RECRUTING PATIENTS FOR A DOUBLE BLIND TRIAL OF GANGLIOSIDE G M 1 ALSO KNOWN AS SYGEN. THIS IS HIS SECOND HUMAN TRIAL OF PATIENTS GIVEN G M 1. THE FIRST WAS COMPLETED IN 1994. THE GM1 WAS WELL TOLERATED AND " MANY FUN- CTIONAL IMPROVEMENTS WERE PRESENT IN PATIENTS AFTER 4 TO 8 WEEKS." FRED ZIESS 212 348 5335 120 EAST 89 ST. NEW YOK CITY N.Y. 10128