First name

Pascal

Last name

DERKINDEREN

Research center

Professor of Neurology at Nantes University

Research team

The Enteric Nervous System in Gut and Brain Disorders (TENS)
Pascal DERKINDEREN

Title

Gut and Parkinson’s disease : separate the wheat from the chaff.

Project Summary

Parkinson's disease is classically described as a movement disorder of the CNS. It is however now well established that the disease is not limited to the CNS, but also extends to peripheral organs, including the gastrointestinal tract. There is a plethora of literature on the possible roles of the gut in Parkinson’s disease, and much has been said on the subject. We propose to critically discuss these different aspects.