Twenty year old patients started turning up in the emergency rooms in San Fransi

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Twenty year old patients started turning up in the emergency rooms in San Fransico acting like they had Parkinson’s Disease. It was discovered that they had all tried a synthetic drug that became toxic in the brain. What part of the brain would this drug have changed Twenty year old patients started turning up in the emergency rooms in San Fransico acting like they had Parkinson’s Disease. It was discovered that they had all tried a synthetic drug that became toxic in the brain. What part of the brain would this drug have changed

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Parkinson's mainly affects Basal Ganglia. In basal ganglia it affects Dopaminergic neurons in Substantia Nigra and destroy them thus their number decrease. This is responsible for typical symptoms seen in Parkinson's disease. As the patients had similar complaints so most probably their Basal Ganglia was affected.

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