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On Disease Modifying and Neuroprotective Treatments for Parkinson's Disease: Physical Exercise. Scientific Publication

Jul 14, 2022 | Magazine: Frontiers in Neurology

Pedro J Garcia Ruiz  1 , Rosario Luquin Piudo  2 , Juan Carlos Martinez Castrillo  3


Introduction

For decades, the concept of “disease-modifying” treatment has been used profusely in several neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's disease (PD). This concept has been employed sometimes as an accomplished goal, and many more as a wishful thinking objective.

In addition, the related concept of neuroprotective therapy has been widely used and a quick search on Medline shows a steady increase in the number of papers on this issue over time.

CITATION  Front Neurol. 2022 Jul 14;13:938686. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2022.938686. eCollection 2022

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