Some years ago the famous American actor Michael J. Fox made headlines when he revealed that he was suffering from Parkinson’s Disease. While many assume that this disease is one that affects only the elderly, Mr. Fox demonstrated personally how this condition can really affect anyone at any time, and he did quite a bit of good in bringing the disease to the attention of the general public.
Parkinson’s Disease is also called shaking palsy. The cause is not known but it appears that when an imbalance of two substances in the brain, dopamine and acetylcholine, exist then the symptoms of this disease are present. These two substances are need to transmit messages between the nerve cells and the muscles throughout the body. When the amount of dopamine in the brain is somehow decreased the nerve signals in the brain become confused.
