A toxin that travels from stomach to brain may trigger Parkinsonism
Wednesday, December 5, 2018 - 10:10
in Health & Medicine
Combining low doses of a toxic herbicide with sugar-binding proteins called lectins may trigger Parkinsonism — symptoms typical of Parkinson’s disease like body tremors and slowing of body motions — after the toxin travels from the stomach to the brain. In a study with rats, researchers at Penn State College of Medicine found that after […]