Parkinsons Disease Author:Rose This volume, based on the proceedings of an International Symposium on Parkinson's Disease held in December 1986 at Charing Cross Hospital, surveys major advances that have occurred in the last five years - some of them now at a most interesting stage of further development. Not only has there been increased understanding in the neuropathology a... more »nd neurophysiology of the condition, but further insights have been gained into the natural history of the disorder and its sequelae. Perhaps the most exciting research is in the therapeutic field with new methods of drug delivery and new drugs which can now be tested in an ideal animal model which is based on the human disorder produced by a designer drug - MPTP. Even further into the future is the distinct possibility that transplantation of brain cells will prove to be an effective remedy.« less