In the News: Role of environmental factors in Parkinson’s disease highlights need for early diagnostic test

17 July 2007

Environmental factors cause 95% of cases of Parkinson’s disease (PD)and its onset can be delayed by antioxidants. This means early identification and treatment with antioxidants could greatly help sufferers by preventing or reducing the damage caused by the disease.

This is the finding of a study into the causes of Parkinson’s disease by  scientists at the Buck Institute for Age Research.

“The fact that the antioxidant treatment prevented much of the nerve damage in the mice points to the need for an early diagnostic test for Parkinson’s disease,” said Buck Institute faculty member Julie K. Andersen, lead author of the study. (View Full Article)

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