Polgar, et al. (2003). Reconstructive neurosurgery for Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and preliminary meta-analysis.

[Wise Young]

• Polgar S, Morris ME, Reilly S, Bilney B and Sanberg PR (2003). Reconstructive neurosurgery for Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and preliminary meta-analysis. Brain Res Bull 60:1-24. Summary: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to identify the determinants for best practice and establish current benchmarks for recovery following reconstructive neurosurgery for people with Parkinson's disease. Eleven studies reporting results for 95 grafted patients were selected on the grounds of using optimal surgical techniques and the Core Assessment Program for Intracerebral Transplantation (CAPIT) protocol for data collection. Consistent trends demonstrating high levels of recovery were identified on most outcome measures. Determinants for best practice were identified as selecting younger patients; using low dose immunosuppression; bilateral grafting; and employing strategies to ensure the quantity and viability of the grafted cells. Secondary analysis of data demonstrated a correlation of rho=0.666 (P<0.05) between increases in striatal dopaminergic activity and UPDRS Motor [off) scores. Overall effect size 'd' was found to be 1.129 UPDRS Motor [off) condition and 0.719 for UPDRS Total [off) condition. The design of the studies and the variable standards for reporting the data precluded the use of more powerful and accurate meta-analyses. It was recommended that the creation of a collaborative database would improve the extraction of data and allow for more powerful statistical analyses for evaluating the overall harm and benefits associated with reconstructive neurosurgery. School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic. 3083, Australia. S.Polgar@latrobe.edu.au

[Acid]

Cancer dangers?
Advantages over differing South American Red Indian Parkinson's cure methods?

[Acid]

Who just thought, with bad memory capacities of my brain, I'm sure I recalled the names all correctly, is mistaken.

I have written before someplace else, where in Iquitos in Peru one might find better information about such. My branch is LSD, not healing.

This was more sorts of an autistic joke. That one can repeat the same over and over to some people. Who might again and again ignore it. Sarcasm.

[Acid]

Actually persons with "Parkinson's" and SCI I have been finding similar in various.

People with C SCI one can spell about energetic translinks, and after "ingoring" it, next some might complain to be so utterly segregated between systems below and above SCI.

Alike first selecting for maintaining higher segregation between systems,
and then complaining about it.

But eventually I've started to regard such with irony.


Years ago I wrote in some Parkinson's sites that in South America they cure it.
Seemed ignored.

These people seem rather their substantia nigra get more and more destroyed, than huff it to Iquitos in Peru, or whereever.

One could back then buy for about $8,
a partially differing made medicine with Ayahuasca (and I guess the important combinant),
which has to be taken longer time (and seemed not to contain afore mentioned third ingredient),
in some tourist shop.

It can be entertaining, while one is having in the tourist shop for $8 one method,
and can buy on the plant market for not very much more ingredients for another
(though the third might take some days to be organized, and they might try to not just use the peel, but more of the plant, to save themselves work, so one might better watch that, if interested in such),
to read Westie science daftheads occasionally proclain Parkinson's is uncurable.

Instead of that they make comparison studies between differing cure methods,
about percentage these work. Advantages and disadvanges.
Asking, if Red Indian healer using one of the partially differing methods, think, there is alike a max. age or old age stage for taking it, or not?

Westie science circling, exaggerated, in fantasies on the 1st World
around the sun, orbit of Mercury,
while ignoring ancient healing knowledge on this 3rd world around the local star.
If it weren't at the costs of substantia nigra's, etc., it might be ways more amusing.

Acid

[stilldancing]

Hello.

I am very very interested in the role of Ayahuasca in potentially helping Parkinson's. If you have any leads, please let me know.

Thanks.