HOUSTONâJustin Friendâs parents have doctoral degrees and have worked as university lecturers and researchers. So Mr. Friend might have been expected to head for a university after graduating from high school in Bryan, Texas, five years ago. Instead, he attended Texas State Technical College in Waco, and received a two-year degree in welding.
A flurry of emergent research has linked mitochondrial dysfunction to the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. Mitochondrial dysfunction results in impaired ATP generation, loss of cellular repair mechanisms, and cellular inefficiency.
Hypothyroidism was also linked to some degenerative diseases of the brain. According to a study performed by Munhoz et al., thyroid function should be assessed in parkinson patients showing worsening of symptoms that cannot be explained by disease progression or resistance to therapy adjustment (Munhoz et al., 2004).