Advance in studies on pathological mechanism of Parkinson's disease and traditional Chinese medicine experiments in prevention and treatment of Parkinson's disease.
- Author:
Pei XIONG
1
;
Xin CHEN
;
Nan ZHANG
Author Information
1. Traditional Chinese Medical School, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China. angie_xp0504@yahoo.com.cn
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Animals;
Apoptosis;
drug effects;
Humans;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
Oxidative Stress;
drug effects;
Parkinson Disease;
drug therapy;
etiology;
pathology;
prevention & control
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2012;37(5):686-691
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
This article summarizes the current studies on the pathological mechanism of Parkinson's disease as well as the advance in studies traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) experiments in prevention and treatment of Parkinson's disease in the latest decade in terms of prevention and treatment of PD by TCM, inhibition of oxidative stress, improving mitochondrial energy metabolism, inhibition of neural immune and inflammatory responses, reduction of neural toxicity, inhibition of apoptosis and abnormal protein aggregation.
