Guest guest Posted October 28, 2002 Report Share Posted October 28, 2002 I am interested in the recent reports about a therapy for either Parkinsons or Alzheimers (I can't recall which) that involves installing a shunt in the brain to drain CNF. As I understood it, the premise is that in patients with this illness the brain cell death/disease may be related to a toxic build-up of proteins that cannot be discharged. With this shunt installed, certain levels of CNF are drained which permits the brain to replenish the CNF with " clean " fluid. Anyone know anything more about this topic? If it works in either PD or Alzheimers, stands to reason that it may also benefit MSA since there is believed to be a relationship to proteins in MSA. Regards, Jerry Cash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2002 Report Share Posted October 28, 2002 I am interested in the recent reports about a therapy for either Parkinsons or Alzheimers (I can't recall which) that involves installing a shunt in the brain to drain CNF. As I understood it, the premise is that in patients with this illness the brain cell death/disease may be related to a toxic build-up of proteins that cannot be discharged. With this shunt installed, certain levels of CNF are drained which permits the brain to replenish the CNF with " clean " fluid. Anyone know anything more about this topic? If it works in either PD or Alzheimers, stands to reason that it may also benefit MSA since there is believed to be a relationship to proteins in MSA. Regards, Jerry Cash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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