Word: parkinsonism
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...afoul of doctors. Two years ago, Louis Sullivan, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, angered medical researchers by extending a Reagan-era ban on federal funding for experiments involving fetal-tissue transplants, an important field that shows promise for treating many human disorders, including diabetes and Parkinson's disease. Ignoring the recommendations of a scientific panel, Sullivan argued that encouraging fetal-tissue research would lead to more abortions. A measure that would overturn the ban passed the House last week by nearly enough votes to override a Presidential veto. A similar provision is expected to be introduced...
Weiger said that the lobster model may be applicable to human hormonal systems as well. Octopamine is the lobster's analogue to the human amine norepineophrine, and serotonin occurs in humans. Both of these substances, along with dopamine, have been implicated in depression, schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease...
...because cocaine and CFT act on pre-synaptic dopamine neurons, the same neurons that are lost in Parkinson's disease, CFT "may be usable as a marker for Parkinson's," Madras said...
Upon investigation of CFT binding in postmortem tissue in Parkinson's and normal brain tissue, it was found that CFT did indeed affect those areas with large numbers of pre-synaptic neurons...
...quite exciting," Madras said, referring to the discovery of CFT's potential for use in Parkinson's research...