Parkinson’s News Today by Marta Figueiredo PhD | January 7, 2022
Experiencing a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with an earlier age of Parkinson’s onset, but not with more severe disease-associated nerve cell loss or younger age of death, a study suggests.
These findings, presented at the 2021 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Denver and online, suggest that TBI, a well-established risk factor for Parkinson’s, may lower the threshold of brain damage leading to the development of symptoms, the researchers noted.
Full Article: Traumatic Brain Injury Accelerates Parkinson’s Onset by 5 Years