THE investigations of Carlsson 1,2, by which he demonstrated that practically all dopamine in the mammalian brain is found in the caudate- and entiform-nucleus (forming an important part of the ...

Parkinson's disease (paralysis agitans or PD) is a neurodegenerative disease of the substantia nigra, an area in the basal ganglia of the brain. The disease involves a progressive disorder of the ...

Just before he was 6 months old, Tito went for another examination at Padua Hospital. His neurologist lay him face down on the stretcher. At that moment, he should have rolled over onto his back.