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  • adjective Alternative form of parkinsonian.
  • noun Alternative form of parkinsonian.

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Examples

  • Science, the medical and engineering researchers found that by far the biggest effect in "Parkinsonian" rodents occurs not by stimulating cells in the subthalamic nucleus, but by stimulating the neural wires, called axons, that connect directly to it from areas closer to the surface of the brain.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2009

  • Science, the medical and engineering researchers found that by far the biggest effect in "Parkinsonian" rodents occurs not by stimulating cells in the subthalamic nucleus, but by stimulating the neural wires, called axons, that connect directly to it from areas closer to the surface of the brain.

    unknown title 2009

  • Neural activity in the brain of a Parkinsonian rat before (top) and after (bottom) electrical stimulation is applied to its spinal cord.

    Electrical Stimulation Through The Spinal Cord May Ease Parkinson’s Symptoms | Impact Lab 2009

  • The problem, he explained, was that the medications used to reduce Robert's Parkinsonian symptoms (by producing more dopamine in the brain), had the opposite effect on his psychotic symptoms (where medications were used to reduce the amount of dopamine in the brain), and finding a pharmacological balance was fine-tuning of the most difficult and treacherous sort.

    Jay Neugeboren: Searching for Bobby Fischer... and Bobby Neugeboren 2009

  • Maybe McCain should have aped Limbaugh when he made fun of Parkinsonian tremors from which Michael J. Fox suffers.

    Sam Greenfield: Aww, Is Da Baby All Mad? 2008

  • At least we know what he is and won't accidentally sentence him to a lifetime or Parkinsonian trembling just because we wanted to make life easier for US.

    Use of Antipsychotics in Children Is Criticized GreenFertility 2008

  • At least we know what he is and won't accidentally sentence him to a lifetime or Parkinsonian trembling just because we wanted to make life easier for US.

    Archive 2008-11-01 GreenFertility 2008

  • For Parkinsonian patients, the ability to perform actions in sequence is impaired.

    Oliver Sacks on Earworms, Stevie Wonder and the View From Mescaline Mountain 2007

  • "In patients with Lewy-body disease and some Parkinsonian syndromes, their use is a disaster, setting patients back for weeks," he warns.

    Zyprexa Injury Clock Keeps Ticking Away 2007

  • Hope for a neuroprotective effect of CoQ 10 was based in part on animal experiments in which mice with MPTP induced Parkinsonian symptoms were shown to have reduced loss of dopaminergic axons when treated with Coenzyme Q.

    Coenzyme Q Parkinsons trial -negative results-what about statin myopathy? james gaulte 2007

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