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Neurodegenerative Disorders as Neuron Loss

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A neurodegenerative disorder progressively kills neurons, with symptoms tracing to where in the nervous system that loss occurs.

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Parkinson's disease specifically loses dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra, a midbrain structure regulating movement.

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