What does SN stand for?

Substantia Nigra (neuroanatomy)

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Parkinson's is a slowly progressive disease that affects a small area of cells within the mid-brain known as the substantia nigra.

Cholesterol-Lowering Drug May Prevent Progression of Parkinson

In people with what is called primary Parkinson''s disease, the substantia nigra the area of the brain containing cells that manufacture dopamine, noradrenaline, and serotonin are damaged or dying, and the brain loses the ability to manufacture these chemicals.

Natural Parkinson's Disease Treatment

Given the disease is progressive in nature, the continued death of cells in the substantia nigra leads to gradual worsening of symptoms and decline in patients' quality of life over time.

New discovery can help thwart Parkinson's disease

A movement disorder characterized by tremors and sluggishness, Parkinson's disease occurs when dopamine-producing nerve cells in a part of the brain called the substantia nigra die or become impaired, making the body's muscles less able to function smoothly and in a coordinated manner.

Boosting protein protects against Parkinson's disease: study

The Substantia Nigra located in the brain stem, deliverers nerve impulse stimuli to the Caudate and Putamen Nuclei.

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Most recently, transcranial sonography has found that the substantia nigra (SN) in people with RLS has a decreased echogenicity--in other words, a decreased ability to return a signal in response to an ultrasound signal.

Transcranial sonography and RLS

In her new study, Sortwell will incorporate state-of-the-art technology to detect low levels of glutamate in the substantia nigra, an area of the brain that receives inervation from the subthalamic nucleus and that contains dopamine neurons.

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