Tag: parkinson disease
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Parkinson’s disease – towards an understanding of the cause?
In summer 2012, Krainc’s lab published a paper on the biochemical cause for the link between Gaucher’s disease and Parkinson’s. It is known in the literature that Gaucher’s disease families have a higher incidence of Parkinson’s disease, however the reason was unknown. Gaucher’s disease is an inherited disorder caused by the mutations of the GBA…
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Why do we blink? It is more than what you think
We blink about 10-40 times per minute. Almost all mammals blink and the rate is variable. For humans, the conventional mechanical explanation given for blinking is that we need to moisten our eyes, clean the debris from the eye and refresh the eyes. Obviously, having a eyelid in front of the eye can also prevent…