Patients also had less evidence of the loss of brain tissue, a key characteristic of the disease. (discovermagazine.com)
This technique lets us capture characteristics of the disease at distinct moments in its progression. (sciencedaily.com)
One of the key characteristics of the disease, which affects around one in 800 people by the time they are elderly, is the death of dopamine - producing cells in the brain. (cam.ac.uk)