Extract from "My Name is not Dementia" (Research conducted in the UK in 2009) Published by Alzheimer's Society UK on 15 September 2015 The Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI) became the Ageing Research and Development Division within the Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH). Persons...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a that affects predominately dopamine-producing (“dopaminergic”) neurons in a specific area of the brain called the basal ganglia, where cells produce dopamine. Symptoms generally develop slowly over years. The progression of symptoms is often a bit different from one person to another due to the diversity...