Low levels of vitamin D may contribute to Parkinson's disease

Perhaps the extra vitamin D can alleviate symptoms of Parkinson's disease, U.S. researchers hope. Scientists conducted a study that 55% of patients with Parkinson's disease had low levels of vitamin D found in comparison to 36% of healthy elderly people. However, the experts at Emory University, not exactly say that there is a lack of vitamin D the cause of Parkinson's disease. The study was published in the journal Archives of Neurology. Parkinson's disease affects nerve cells in several areas of the brain, particularly those that control motor activity. The disease was in the past known as "shaking palsy", but it is described in full details and first as a separate nosological entity in 1817 by James Parkinson. Pervoopisatelya named the disease and was subsequently named. The cause of Parkinson's disease has not been fully understood. But it seems effective in the development of the disease as a genetic predisposition as well as neurotoxins and free radicals, to neuronal damage, depletion of dopamine in these stocks, disruption of their activities and ultimately death of the nerve cells, the researchers reported. According to experts, the chemical dopamine, can be used as medicine to better deal with problems. People with Parkinson's disease was also small amounts of vitamin D, which found important for normal cell function. Experts believe that this vitamin promotes the normal functioning of cells, results. Dopamine in the desired amounts and prevents the occurrence of Parkinson's disease However, scientists do not make accurate conclusions and plan further study.