Ronald F. Pfeiffer • Ivan Bodis-Wollner
Editors

Second Edition

2013

The idea that Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized only by motor features such as tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia, and postural instability has been deeply embedded not only in the minds of patients and their family members, but also in the training and practice of many physicians. However, even a quick perusal of the amazingly perceptive clinical description that James Parkinson put to paper in 1817 reveals that from the beginning, various features not re fl ective of motor dysfunction already were recognized and described as part of PD.