英国研究人员日前探索出一种治疗帕金森氏症的新方法,这种方法已经在动物实验中显示有效,如能通过人类临床试验,将有望用于治疗早期老年性痴呆等其他神经系统疾病。大脑神经细胞中线粒体的功能异常是导致帕金森氏症的重要原因,为了保护线粒体的功能,英国剑桥大学 British researchers have recently explored a new method of treating Parkinson’s disease that has been shown to be effective in animal experiments and is expected to be used to treat other diseases of the nervous system such as early senile dementia if it goes through human clinical trials. Mitochondrial dysfunction in brain neurons is an important cause of Parkinson’s disease. In order to protect mitochondria, Cambridge University