New Model of How Environmental Toxicants May Trigger Parkinson's Disease (IMAGE)

University of Rochester Medical Center

New Model of How Environmental Toxicants May Trigger Parkinson's Disease

Caption

A proposal on how environmental exposure to toxicants may cause either body-first or brain-first Lewy body disease.  The size of the brown circles reflects the amouth of Lewy pathology in each region. 

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Aarhus University Hospital/University of Rochester Medical Center

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