Musical Intervention in Parkinson's Disease Treatment
Authored by: Hayoon Kim Art by: Ava Shi Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that disrupts the motor system, causing symptoms such as slowness of movement, muscular rigidity, and tremor [1]. These motor impairments significantly affect daily life. The disease is primarily associated with the degeneration of dopamine-producing neurons in the basal ganglia, a midbrain structure that regulates voluntary movement, and more specifically, the substantia nigra [1]. Dopamine is...