Question

how does atrophy relate to Parkinson's disease?

Answer 1

Ans)Parkinson's disease is a common neurodegenerative disorder primarily characterized by rigidity, tremors and bradykinesia.

- Many of the symptoms of PD, including slow movement,muscle stiffness, depression, nd changes to sleep quality can cause or worsen the symptom of fatigue.

- In addition, some people with PD experience muscle atrophy, in which the muscles shrink and weaken due to lack of use.

- Parkinson's disease involves grey matter loss in frontal areas. In PDD, this extends to temporal, occipital and subcortical areas, with occipital atrophy in PDD being the only difference between the two groups. This provides important information about the pattern of cerebral atrophy in Parkinson's disease and PDD.