Role of Dopamine in Parkinson’s disease

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Role of Dopamine in Parkinsons disease

• Brain is an important part of the human body
  because it controls our whole body. An unhealthy
  brain will be unable to control and coordinate
  your body and the body movements. Dopamine is a
  brain chemical and is also known as a
  neurotransmitter. This chemical is responsible
  for sending messages to brain and other organs of
  the body via nerve cells. Dopamine directly
  affects your emotions, and movements that require
  coordination of the limbs of the body. For
  example if you are not feeling well it could be
  because the dopamine levels are low. In other
  words, it performs an important role in the
  physical and mental health.

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Parkinsons is a neurodegenerative disease.
People who are suffer from Parkinsons disease
have to take up different methodologies to
control and get over it ranging from medication,
exercise and Boxing Classes for Parkinsons
disease. All these methods are important to
overcome the disease.  In addition it is also
important to know the main cause of Parkinsons
disease because when you know the cause of
Parkinsons disease you can easily understand
what things are helpful to overcome Parkinson
disease. As mentioned above Parkinsons is a
neurodegenerative disease. It develops in the
substantianigra part of the brain where the cells
begin to die.  These cells produce dopamine which
is really important to help the brain in its
working. Parkinsons disease increases over time.
The symptoms of the Parkinsons disease become
more visible and the patient develops tremors,
slowness of movement, limb rigidity, gait and
balance problems and other health issues. The
main cause of Parkinsons disease is the death of
dopamine producing cells so it is pertinent to
understand the role of dopamine in Parkinsons
diseases. Role of Dopamine and
movement Dopamine plays an important role in
human movement. The main cause of Parkinsons
diseases is the death of dopamine-producing
neurons in the substantia nigra. Thus the first
victim of Parkinsons disease is your movement.
Slow movement and impaired balance are common in
Parkinsons disease. The basal ganglia have an
important role in your brain because it controls
all sorts of body movements.
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The basal ganglia is involved with coordinating
the movement of the human body. Basal ganglia
needs a specific amount of dopamine to work
properly. When a specific amount of dopamine does
not reach the ganglia then voluntary motions may
become delayed or uncoordinated. Boxing training
for patients with Parkinson disease is very
useful because it improves gait, balance, tremor,
flexibility, grip strength and motor
coordination.
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Role of Dopamine and memory Dopamine plays a
significant role in your brain because it will be
helpful to improve your working memory and it is
directly connected with your whole day activities
such as eating, drinking and relaxed movements.
If dopamine level is lower in your brain then it
directly affects your memory and learning skills.
For you it becomes difficult to learn things in
the absence of dopamine. In others words the
paucity of dopamine reduces memory. This triggers
the onset of depression and anxiety. The
reduction of dopamine level can cause your memory
to suffer. In addition, prefrontal cortex is an
important part of the brain and is involved in a
wide variety of functions such as adjusting
complex behavior, planning, focusing, and
emotions. Thus, if you are not interested in some
very specific activities and learning then the
supply of dopamine to the prefrontal cortex will
be reduced and your brain will not be able to
remember the facts about the activities that seem
to be uninteresting to you.  Role of Dopamine
and mood Dopamine plays an important role in
promoting the feelings of motivation and
pleasure. It has some key functions in the brain.
Recognizing pleasure, enjoying rewards,
regulating memory, learning and others body
movements are a result of the communication done
via dopamine. A person who feel depressed,
anxiety, chronic fatigue and hopelessness in
their brain will have less amount of dopamine.
And it can be very challenging to increase the
dopamine level in the brain.
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Dopamine plays an important role in emotions,
movement, memory, mood, and learning. The main
cause of Parkinson disease is the death of
dopamine producing cells. We know that
Parkinsons disease has no permanent cure but
doing exercises and boxing therapy can overcome
the hurdles faced by Parkinsons patients since
physical activities are really helpful to
increase dopamine. When you are exercising at
that time your brain releases fun chemicals such
as endorphins and dopamine. Increase in dopamine
means you feel more relax, happy, motivated, and
productive and can avoid Parkinson diseases.