are using it to treat parkinson's disease and this is what i'm going to talk about today with dr patricia kuhl is an ent no condolence welcome to the check. exercise is key in parkinson's disease and long term benefits on sin can redact and quality of life. dopamine is a neurotransmitter in our brain it's important for muscle movements patients with parkinson's disease leg therefore they suffer from movement disorder so it's a good idea to give them to can mean as a medication but it's also a good idea to prescribe some exercise. suddenly he found himself short of breath it proved to be the 1st symptom of parkinson's. it was still young when he was diagnosed that was 15 years ago but he keeps fit and exercise helps him counter the effects of the disease he can still run 10 k. easily you know what i think everybody has to decide for themselves how to deal with it sometimes i even forget that i have parkinson's. parkinson's disease is a degenerative neurological disorder the cause is still unknown. but we do know that the brain cells that produced open mean gradually die off. a lack of dopamine