parkinsonism
noun
par·kin·son·ism
ˈpär-kən-sə-ˌni-zəm 
2
: a neurological disorder resembling Parkinson's disease
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But the symptoms a patient experiences while alive—behavioral and mood changes, parkinsonism, depression, anxiety, and dementia—frequently point to CTE as a cause.
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Erica Kasper, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
However, authors warned that their work is still preliminary and the reasons for the relationship between playing football and parkinsonism are not clear since many other risk factors must also be considered.
—Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
Those cognitive symptoms develop within one year of parkinsonism, or the types of movement changes seen in Parkinson’s disease.
—Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 29 July 2021
Working in cultures of brain cells, the scientists corrected a protein imbalance that causes frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism.
—Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018
Espay has written a paper questioning whether most parkinsonism is related to vascular disease.
—Carla K. Johnson, Orange County Register, 18 Jan. 2017
Erica Kasper, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
However, authors warned that their work is still preliminary and the reasons for the relationship between playing football and parkinsonism are not clear since many other risk factors must also be considered.
—Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
Those cognitive symptoms develop within one year of parkinsonism, or the types of movement changes seen in Parkinson’s disease.
—Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 29 July 2021
Working in cultures of brain cells, the scientists corrected a protein imbalance that causes frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism.
—Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018
Espay has written a paper questioning whether most parkinsonism is related to vascular disease.
—Carla K. Johnson, Orange County Register, 18 Jan. 2017
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parkinsonism
noun
par·kin·son·ism
ˈpär-kən-sə-ˌniz-əm
variants
or Parkinsonism
2
: any of several neurological disorders that are characterized by symptoms (such as muscle rigidity, slowness of movement, and impaired balance) similar to those of Parkinson's disease but have an attributable cause (such as drugs, toxins, brain injury, infection, or neurodegenerative disease) resulting in low levels or blocked activity of dopamine
called also parkinsonian syndrome, Parkinson's syndrome
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