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Parkinson's Disease Workshop

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States9.458
Free, no sign-up neededSummer 2006English
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Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive, degenerative disease of the brain that produces movement disorders and deficits in executive functions, working memory, visuospatial functions, and internal control of attention. It is named after James Parkinson (1755-1824), the English neurologist who described the first case.

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