Natural Strategies to Protect Against Dopamine Defects
Chris D. Meletis, ND (with permission from cpmedical.net, access pin: 587556)
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurological condition classified as a neurodegenerative disorder associated with a loss of dopamine production in the brain. Clinically, signs of Parkinson’s disease (PD) typically include rigidity, resting tremor, postural changes such as stooping and akinesia, defined as the absence or loss of voluntary motion.1
Pathologically, Parkinson’s disease arises from the loss of sufficient dopamine production in the portion of the brain called the substantia nigra. To understand Parkinson’s disease, it is necessary to have a brief understanding of where the dopamine-producing cells are located. The basal ganglia is a round mass in the center of the brain that includes the substantia nigra that contains dopaminergic (dopamine-producing) cells.2
