Parkinson's Disease Research Paper

Parkinson’s disease is a disorder in the nervous system slowly kills off and malfunctions certain parts of the nerve cells in the brain. It is a movement disorder of the hands, arms, legs, jaw and face that plays with postural instability making the human unbalanced and uncoordinated. It stiffs up the limbs making the body very rigid and slow in movements. The disease comes with the loss of brain cells that eventually will release the chemical called dopamine. The role of dopamine of the human brain is very essential because it explains and controls our movements, emotions and response to various different pain and pleasure. It is a chemical messenger that works as a transmitter of the brain. Dopamine’s role in our mental and physical health allows humans as well as animals to sleep and learn, it …show more content…
During Parkinson’s disease, substantia nigra cells die because of the abnormal patterns caused by impaired movements, it is the loss of neurons within areas of the brain. Levodopa, also known as L-Dopa, is a chemical that has developed and modernized the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Being a chemical that transports to the brain and then into dopamine, it decrease the motor symptoms and remains effective over the years of the diseased. The theory of the Parkinson’s diseases is believed to come from the low level of dopamine in certain parts of the brain so, with the help of L-Dopa traveling the blood streams and converting itself to dopamine, it gets used for movement making it a treatment for those with the disease. In scientific terms, Levodopa is a prescribed drug that is believed to better the broken nerve conditions and repairing them to assist with disordering movements. In the movie Awakenings by Oliver Sacks, Malcom Sayer discovered the positive side effects of using the drug L-Dope as a treatment for those with the