Abstract:T wo hundred and one years after the original description of Parkinson' s disease (PD) 1 , its cause and pathogenesis remain to be determined. Over this period of time, many hypotheses have been suggested: an exclusively environmental condition caused by an, as of yet, unidentified toxin; a mitochondrial disorder; a lysosomal condition; a purely genetic disease; the result of an interplay of genetic and environmental disorder; and so on 2 . In the current issue of Arquivos, there is a timely and critical revie… Show more
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