Reply To: “Brain storms” by Jon Palfreman (Year 1 Thur.)

[Anonymous]

Yes, it definitely has, because until now I have learnt only about that lack of dopamine is somehow connected with this disease. Now i know that it affects functioning of substantia nigra and then basal ganglia. I did not know also that heroine could cause parkinson’s, but the most interesting to me was the information that smoking and drinking coffe may protect us from coming down with parkinson’s, it was shocking to me, because smoking it is thought to be unhealthy.