1. Parkinson s disease(PD), is a progressively neurodegenerative disorder, resulting from the degeneration and loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra of midbrain.

2. Glaucoma is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells and optic nerve axons, and accompanied by loss of visual field sensitivity.

3. Prions are infectious and cause a range of neurodegenerative diseases including BSE, also called mad cow disease, and its human equivalent, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

4. Now disabled by Pick's disease, a progressive neurodegenerative illness, he lives with his brother in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

5. Mattson M. P. "Apoptosis in neurodegenerative disorders. " Nature Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 1 (2000): 120-29.

6. Alzheimer's disease(AD)is presenile dementia, it is a neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system, and the mechanism of it is not clear.

7. MSA is a neurodegenerative disorder that involves, to varying degrees, the olivopontocerebellar complex and the autonomic system.

8. Parkinson's disease, the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's,[sentencedict.com] is often treated with amantadine.

9. This suggests that schizophrenics are facing a slow but steady neurodegenerative decline over time, the researchers said.

10. Design - Screening study of patients suspected clinically to have Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other neurodegenerative diseases by prion protein gene analysis.

11. There is also evidence for a prior period of dysautonomia, which is in keeping with a protracted neurodegenerative process occurring within the brainstem of these patients.

12. Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy ( BSE ), is a chronic , transmissible, fatal neurodegenerative disorder disease in cattle. ...

13. Objective To report a five - generation Chinese family with unidentified maternally transmitted hereditary neurodegenerative disease.

14. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( ALS ) is a chronic progressive neurodegenerative disease by the selective death of motor neurones.

15. Leigh syndrome is a severe early - onset progressive neurodegenerative disorder due to mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation defects.

16. The woman and man, both in their 50s, are in the early stages of a neurodegenerative disease called multiple system atrophy.

17. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( ALS ) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive loss of motoneurons.

18. Objective:To investigate the changes of monoamine oxidase B(MAO B)activity in variety of neurodegenerative animal models and to discuss their significance.

19. Objective To preliminarily evaluate the therapeutic effects of dl-3n-butyphthalide on patients with neurodegenerative and neurogenetic diseases.

20. A long-duration preclinical phase has important implications for epidemiologic studies and future interventions designed to slow or halt the neurodegenerative process.