A personal stake in finding a cure

By Peggy Kreimer
Post staff reporter
The Cincinnatti Post

A week after riding in a bicycle fund-raiser for multiple sclerosis, Dale Ankenman noticed he was dragging his foot, and his right hand wasn't working at all.

It was the first sign of a neurological disorder that has changed his life.

Ankenman is still riding in fund-raisers, but now the cause is personal. It's called Parkinson's disease.

The disease destroys or impairs nerve cells that produce dopamine, a chemical needed for muscle movement and control.

There's no cure, but there is treatment. Ankenman, of Florence is riding a tandem bike with his wife, Barbara, in the fourth annual Sunflower Revolution Ride on Sunday to raise money for research into new and better treatments and a cure.

The ride is part of a weekend of education, celebration and fund raising sponsored by the Neuroscience Institute at the University of Cincinnati and University Hospital and the Davis Phinney Foundation, founded by bicyclist Davis Phinney to support Parkinson's research.


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