lab tests in relation to Parkinsons disease

Thread Starter lab tests in relation to Parkinsons disease Follow 9 minutes ago 9m ago Quote: Originally Posted by curious5755 I may sound very ignorant but Is there any simple lab experiments that can be done in sixth form that looks at how functions of either - dopamine levels -mitochondria, -lipid -looking at dysfunctional proteins can have an affect on indviduals that suffer from parkinsons disease. I work in clinical neurology and at this point in time PD is still a clinical diagnosis. If there is any uncertainty we request a DATscan which is a trade name for a FP-CIT SPECT scan. Any parkinsonian syndrome would show as reduced dopamine uptake in the basal ganglia of the brain.
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