There is a new indicator of Parkinson's, useful for early diagnosis. The Italian discovery is published in the journal Neurobiology of Disease (ANSA) Elevated D-serine levels were also discovered in female patients, while no differences were found between males with the disease and respective control cases.
This discovery, observe the authors of the research, opens up new scenarios for the application of so-called gender medicine in the field of Parkinson’s disease. In the meantime, research continues to verify whether alterations in D-Serine metabolism may be linked to oxidative stress, another factor that previous studies indicate is implicated in the onset of the disease.