This single site study, is enrolling Parkinson disease (PD) patients and their family members and is limited to participants of Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jewish descent with GBA and LRRK2 mutations, or with 3 or more family members with PD. Follow-up will be for three years. Participants must be in the New York City area yearly and willing to come to Mount Sinai Downtown for yearly 2 hour study visits which include obtaining personal medical and family history information, blood, urine and spinal fluid samples, neurological exam and neuropsychiatric testing. De-identified data and samples will be securely stored at a central NIH-run repository for access by other researchers. Spinal fluid collection is encouraged but optional.
Single site observational study focused on elucidating the genes and biochemical pathways involved in causing Parkinson disease.