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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Stafford, UK
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Can animals get Parkinson's?
Do animal's get Parkinson's?
I don't mean: can PD-like symptoms be induced in animals? What I mean is can animals living their lives normally get Parkinson's?
Given that Parkinson's strikes late and relatively slowly in humans, it might only rarely hit animals before they die of other causes. For instance, an animal that never survived beyond 30, say, would, assuming the human age-related incidence rates applied, have a very small chance of having noticeable PD.
Has there been any post-mortem work on the brain's of animals to see if they have any pre-clinical signs of the disease? e.g. neuronal loss in certain areas, lewy bodies, other alpha-synuclein aggregation.
Do animals have alpha-synuclein?
Tag johnt:alpha-synuclein
John
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Born 1955. Diagnosed PD 2005.
Meds 2010-Nov 2016: Stalevo(75 mg) x 4, ropinirole xl 16 mg, rasagiline 1 mg
Current meds: Stalevo(75 mg) x 5, ropinirole xl 8 mg, rasagiline 1 mg
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