1997-09-10
Epidemiology of Parkinson's Disease: The Rotterdam Study
Publication
Publication
Epidemiologie van de ziek!e van Parkinson: Het Erasmus Rotterdam, Gezondheid en Ouderen (ERGO) onderzoek
At present, Parkinson's disease (PO), after Alzheimer's disease, is generally considered to be the most frequent progressive neurodegenerative disease in the elderly. Due to the growing proportion of elderly in many populations, more and more persons will be affected by this disabling disease which constitutes a large burden to man and society. Since the publication of James Parkinson's essay, almost two centuries have elapsed and, in spite of numerous efforts to unravel the nature of the disease, the etiology of PO is still unknown. Yet, the neuropathologic and biochemical changes that cause the signs of the disease seem to be settled, based on knowledge that was mainly accumulated in only the past three decades. Neuropathologically, PO is defined by selective degeneration of pigmented neurons of the pars compacta of the substantia nigra and other brainstem ganglia, with cytoplasmic inclusions, called Lewy bodies, in the surviving neurons as the hallmark. These lesions lead to a deficiency of striatal dopamine. It is now considered that parkinsonian signs only become clinically overt after dopaminergic cell loss of approximately 50% and that at that moment the endogeneous dopamine content is depleted by 80%.
Additional Metadata | |
---|---|
, , , , , | |
EMC, NWO, Roche Nederland BV, De Rijk Advocaten, Dutch government, Municipality of Rotterdam, Netherlands Heart Foundation, TopCorn Europe BV, Rotterdamse Vereniging voor Blindenbelangen, Stichting Bevordering voor Volkskracht, Stichting Fondsenwerving Acties Volksgezondheid | |
A. Hofman (Albert) , F.G.A. van der Meché (Frans) | |
Erasmus University Rotterdam | |
hdl.handle.net/1765/18376 | |
Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
de Rijk, M. (1997, September 10). Epidemiology of Parkinson's Disease: The Rotterdam Study. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/18376 |
Additional Files | |
---|---|
stellingen MC de Rijk.pdf , 24kb | |
1340 RIJK, Martinus Cornelis de.jpg Cover Image , 16kb |