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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

Breakthrough study finds subtle new early symptoms of Parkinson’s to watch out for

Chinese scientists have discovered subtle new earlier signs of Parkinson’s in mice, an advance that may help diagnose the debilitating condition much sooner in humans.

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that behaviours such as rearing, walking, and hunching in mice, associated with the loss of a specific type of midbrain dopamine (DA) neurons, are linked to Parkinson's disease.

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