Sentences with phrase «degenerative disorder of the central nervous system»

Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that causes a person to lose control of motor movements, such as the ability to move his or her hands, arms, and legs.

Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system named for James Parkinson (1755 - 1824), the physician who first described it in 1817.

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A team of researchers at the University of Central Florida is using breakthrough gene - editing technology to develop a new screening tool for Parkinson's disease, a debilitating degenerative disorder of the nervous system.