Thread: Dr Peter Jannetta has passed away
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Old 04-16-2016, 07:45 PM
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There was much discussion in this forum 4 years ago about Jannetta's theory that peduncle compression was a cause of PD. See the thread started by RLSmi, "Regarding Dr Jannetta's recent article on PD ...",

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread160149.html

Jannetta's data showed:

"78% of the PD group were found to have distortion of one or both of their peduncles. By contrast, only 10% of the controls (2 individuals) had the distortions, and one of those was later diagnosed with Parkinson's."

(Note the very small sample size.)

Does anyone know of more recent work in this area? Has the theory been refuted?

John
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