Stronger support for inflammation as a factor in PD comes from work in animal models of PD, which shows that drugs that inhibit pro-inflammatory responses by targeting the cytokine TNF can prevent degeneration of substantia nigra neurons. (lji.org)
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects predominately dopamine - producing («dopaminergic») neurons in a specific area of the brain called substantia nigra. (parkinson.org)
It results from a deterioration of dopamine producing cells in the brain (an area known as substantia nigra). (KetoDietApp.com)