MPTP
Drug / Medication
A neurotoxin that was found to cause Parkinsonian symptoms, used as a model for studying the disease.
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Videos Mentioning MPTP
The Causes & Treatments for Autism | Dr. Karen Parker
Andrew Huberman
A street drug, a synthetic heroin, that caused overnight parkinsonian-like motor deficits in humans and other primates due to dopamine cell damage, but did not have the same effects in mice.
Dr. Giselle Petzinger on Exercise for Parkinson's Disease
FoundMyFitness
A neurotoxin that was found to cause Parkinsonian symptoms, used as a model for studying the disease.