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Abstract
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects 1% of people over the age of 60. The primary motor symptoms of PD include resting tremor, slowness of movements, rigidity and postural instability. These symptoms result from the degeneration of the dopaminergic cells in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc). L-DOPA remains the gold standard treatment for…