MNJ (Malang Neurology Journal)
Vol 3, No 1 (2017): January

PARKINSON AND STEM CELL THERAPY

Gunawan, Gerry (Unknown)
Dalhar, Mochamad (Unknown)
Kurniawan, Shahdevi Nandar (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jan 2017

Abstract

Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that is progressive about the movement or control of movement. The disease often occurs in people over the age of 60 years. The etiology of Parkinson's disease caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Because overall life expectancy increases, the number of people with Parkinson's disease will increase in the future. Treatment of Parkinson's disease can be used with pharmacological therapy and nonpharmacological therapy. Pharmacological therapy can use levodopa, monoamine oxidase-B inhibitors, dopamine agonists, anticholinergics and amantadine, while nonpharmacological therapies may use the method of stem cell therapy. Stem cells are master cells that have two important characteristics that can perform self-renewing through cell division and can be induced to become cells with specific functions. The aim of Stem cell therapy in Parkinson's disease to replace the damaged dopaminergic cells.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

MNJ

Publisher

Subject

Neuroscience

Description

Malang Neurology Journal is a peer-reviewed and open access journal that focuses on promoting neurological sciences generated from basic neurosciences and clinical neurology. This journal publishes original articles, reviews, and also interesting case reports. Brief communications containing short ...