Parkinsons Disease
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Parkinson's disease, also known as paralysis agitans, meaning shaking palsy in Latin, is a degenerative neurologic disease. Degenerative can be described as "declining in quality" in which the symptoms increase in severity overtime. Neurologic refers to the nervous system. It occurs when brain cells or neuron activity, lessen and cause a deficiency in the chemical brain messenger dopamine. Dopamine is a major part of the nervous system which helps control muscle activity. The lower the amount of dopamine presents in the brain, the more serious the symptoms. Even after the symptoms have become serious enough and clear enough to allow a definitive diagnosis, it is usually years after when a person suffers from more serious symptoms. Parkinson's disease was named after the English Physician James Parkinson in 1817. His original paper describing this disorder was entitled "Essay on the Shaking Palsy", in which the name for this disease has continued to be used.
Parkinson's disease most notably affects motor control...