Parkinson's Disease Brain Cells at Risk of Burnout, like An Overheating Motor (image)

University of Montreal

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Researchers at the University of Montreal have found that the brain cells most at risk in Parkinson's Disease consume unusually high amounts of energy, gradually exhausting and killing themselves.

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Jeronimo Sanz CC BY 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/joy44a

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