Name: The name of my disease is Parkinson’s Disease. It’s named after the English doctor James Parkinson. He first discovered the disease in 1817. Parkinson’s Disease is a disorder of the brain, which produces shaking, difficulty walking, movement, and coordination. Other names for Parkinson’s Disease are paralysis agitons or shaking palsy. Parkinson’s Disease effects both male and female ages 50-70. Causes: Parkinson’s Disease is caused because of progressive decay of …showed first 75 words of 374 total…

…showed last 75 words of 374 total…through a blood-brain barrier that dopamine can’t. Which is why they just can’t give the patients dopamine. The problem is that the levadopa changes to dopamine so quickly only a small amount makes it to the brain, which is why they have to give patients large doses of it.Doctors have also mixed levadopa with carbidopa to help increase the amount of levadopa so hopefully more will get to the brain. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**