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What do neurodegenerative diseases have in common?

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What do neurodegenerative diseases have in common?

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Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and dementia all appear to have something in common. In this video, Walter J. Koroshetz, MD, director of the NINDS, reveals what that is and how it leads to nerve cell death, or neurodegeneration.

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