TABLE OF CONTENTS

Overview and Facts
2. Pathophysiology
3. Causes, Risk Factors and Preventive Measures
4. Diagnosis and Tests
5. Symptoms
6. Treatment
7. Parkinson's and Mental Issues
Disability
9. References and Research

	CEU Article #1
	Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's Disease in Young Adults

	CEU Article #2
	Parkinson's 101

2. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

Pathophysiology

Pathophysiology of Bradykinesia in Parkinson's Disease

3. CAUSES, RISK FACTORS AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES

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Prevention

Coffee Drinkers are Less Likely to Develop Parkinson's Disease

Exercise May Help Prevent Parkinson's

Can Painkillers Prevent Parkinson's?

Causes

Parkinson's Disease Causes

• idiopathic
• genetic factors,
• toxins,
• head trauma, and
• drug-induced

Breathing pesticides ‘can trigger MS and Parkinson’s disease’

The Cause of Parkinson's Disease

Causes and Related Conditions

The Possible Causes of Parkinson's

• The Dopamine Connection
• Rotenone and Environmental Causes
• Lewy Bodies Link
• Genetic Causes
• Mitochondria
• viral infection
• high concentrations of damaging free-radicals in the body
• excess iron and manganese in the diet, which tends to accelerate the oxidation process and degeneration of the brain cells involved in Parkinson's disease
• diseases of the brain including brain tumors, hydrocephalus, encephalitis, meningitis and stroke
• trauma and swelling in the brain caused by hard blows to the head
• use of antipsychotic drugs and IV drug abuse of MPTP which inhibits the function of mitochondria within the nerve cells of the brain
• carbon monoxide poisoning.

4. DIAGNOSIS AND TESTS

	CEU Articles
	CEU Article #3: Diagnosis and Treatment of Parkinson's Disease – A Systematic Review of the Literature - Summary CEU Articles #4: Understanding Parkinson's Plus Syndromes and Atypical Parkinsonism

Early Recognition of PD

PD: Exams and Tests

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	CEU Articles
	CEU Article #5: Pain in Parkinson's Disease CEU Article #6: Cognitive Changes in Parkinson's Disease

• Pharmaceutical
• Non-pharmaceutical
• Surgical
• Alternative
• New Treatments

Pharmaceutical

Drugs and Other Treatments for Parkinson's Disease

24-hr Parkinson's Drug Cuts Symptoms – Longer Acting Requip May Reduce Need for Levodopa

BP Drug May Curb Parkinson's Disease

Common High Blood Pressure Treatment seems to reduce risk of Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's Disease Drugs

Non-Pharmaceutical

Non-pharmaceutical Treatments

Surgical

Surgical Treatment of Parkinson Disease

	CEU Articles #7
	Deep Brain Stimulation

Electrode Re-implantation Helps Some Parkinson's Disease Patients

Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease Patients

Alternative

Coenzyme Q10 – Effective or not for PD?

A Randomized Clinical Trial of Coenzyme Q10 and GPI-1485 in early Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's Disease: Alternative Treatments

Complementary and Alternative Therapies

Younger, More Educated Parkinson's Patients More Likely to Use Alternative Treatments

New Treatments

Parkinson's Disease: New Treatments Slow Onslaught of Symptoms

Rebuilding the Nervous System with Stem Cells

	CEU Articles
	CEU Article #8: Stem Cell Breakthroughs: What Do They Mean for Parkinson's? CEU Article #9 FDA Approves New Treatment for Parkinson's Disease

Therapies Currently in Development

Genome-Wide Association Study on Parkinson's Disease Finds Public Home at NIH

7. PARKINSON'S AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES

Visual Hallucinations Associated with Parkinson Disease

Hallucinations in Parkinson's Disease – Prevalence, Phenomenology and Risk Factors – Abstract and Related Article References

Psychosis in Parkinson’s Disease

Depression in Parkinson’s Disease

Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Related Disorders in Parkinson's Disease

	CEU Article #10
	Parkinson's Disease Dementia

8. DISABILITY

	CEU Articles
	CEU Article #11: Disability Information - Michael J. Fox Foundation CEU Articles #12: Parkinson's - the ADA (Accommodating Employees with Parkinson's Disease)

News in Brief – Parkinson's Disease Foundation - Spring 2008

American Parkinson's Disease Association