Review Article
Year: 2020 | Month: December | Volume: 7 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 383-399
Parkinson’s Disease: An Overview of Various Treatments
Tanvi Dasharath Choukekar1, Shilpa Laxman Mestry2, Akanksha Prakash Phondke3, Akhil Kanekar4
1,2,3Final Year Student of Shree Saraswati Institute of Pharmacy, Tondavali, Kankavali.
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkr Technological University, Lonere, Raigad.
4Assistant Professor in Shree Saraswati Institute of Pharmacy, Tondavali, Kankavali.
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkr Technological University, Lonere, Raigad.
Corresponding Author: Tanvi Dasharath Choukekar
ABSTRACT
Parkinson’s disease is a chronic progressive neurological disease that slowly damages the central nervous system characterized by rigidity, tremor and hypokinesia with secondary manifestations like defective posture and gait, mask like face and sialorrhoea; dementia may accompany. There is no known cure to prevent or delay the disease progress. The prevalence of Parkinson’s disease increases with age. Various therapies have been discovering to relieve the symptoms and to prevent the progress of disease. That comprising deep brain stimulation, coffee therapy, stem cell therapy, gene therapy, shark therapy. The goal of this review is to emphasize the development of various therapeutic approaches. This article highlights the newer therapeutic methods for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease such as deep brain stimulation, stem cell therapy, gene therapy etc.
Keywords: Parkinson’s disease, hypokinesia, deep brain stimulation, coffee therapy, gene therapy, mesenchymal cells, squalamine.
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