In this episode I explore the medical and surgical treatments of #Parkinson's disease. I trace the history of Levodopa with reference to the works of Nobel Prize winner Arvid Carlsson, Oleh Hornykiewicz, and George Cotzias.
I also explored how neurologist Oliver Sacks used Levodopa to resuscitate the victims of von Economo's disease at Mount Carmel Hospital, New York.
I also looked at the history of the surgical treatments of PD, such as the serendipitous discoveries of thalamotomy and deep brain stimulation by neurosurgeons Irving Cooper and Alim-Louis Benabid respectively.
The podcast also covers the development of the ancillary drug treatments of the disorder.
