Study shows link between microbiome in the gut and Parkinson’s

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“Our study showed major disruption of the normal microbiome ¬— the organisms in the gut—in individuals with Parkinson’s,” said Haydeh Payami, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Neurology, in the UAB School of Medicine.

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Erin M. Hill-Burns et al. Parkinson’s disease and Parkinson’s disease medications have distinct signatures of the gut microbiome, Movement Disorders (2017). DOI: 10.1002/mds.26942

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