
122| Parkinson’s Disease – A Conversation With Dr. Sara Schaefer
Navigating Neuropsychology
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The Non-Motor Features of Parkinson's Disease
A lot of Parkinson's symptoms are not motor at first. Some people think that might be through the olfactory pathways actually, you know, decreased sense of smell is often an early sign. Other people have postulated that it's coming up from the gut through the vagus nerve. So no matter where this alpha-synuclein misfolded protein business starts, it does make its way to the brainEventually patients with Parkinson's often will go on to develop cognitive impairment. And then we know that there are other neurotransmitters that are affected in Parkinson's.
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