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Camilla Flintermann wrote: > > Friends---in today's paper there is a report I found intriguing. May I > mention it, along with all the other speculating we have done here re: > origins of PD in some cases? While I do believe in multiple causality, a > combination of genetic tendency with environmental trigger(s), I had to > wonder about this as one *possible* trigger: > > A study by the University of FLORIDA BRAIN INSTITUTE STATES THAT A BLOW TO > THE HEAD CAN CAUSE DAMAGE FOR AS LONG AS A MONTH AFTERWARD---MUCH LONGER > THAN PREVIOUSLY SUSPECTED. (OOOPs sorry for caps) "The study of rats > indicated that a "PacMan-type enzyme continues to gobble up important > structural proteins in the brain beyond the one hour and two day periods > believed to be the critical periods in which damage takes place." This > suggests the possibility of a longer treatment period for brain > injuries.....etc. > > Since Peter is not the only PWP who has suffered a severe blow to the head > prior to developing symptoms, I had to wonder----- could this really be a > trigger that set it off? And since this research was done at the U. of > Florida Brain Institute, is it something that the NPF researchers are > following? Just curious, and interested in others' reactions..... > > Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 81/70/55 > Oxford, Ohio > http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/camilla/one.htm > <[log in to unmask]> > > "Ask me about the CARE list for > Caregivers of Parkinsonians ! " PD caused by trauma has always been a possibility. I seem to remember it was suggested in the case of M.Ali. It would be difficult to prove. A lot of PWP have not had blows on the head and not all the ones who had head traumas don't develop PD. I have had 3 concussions and so far am only the cg. Time will tell Maryse