ts, and impaired balance and coordination. At least 500,000 people are believed to suffer from Parkinson's disease in the United States, and about 50,000 new cases are reported annually, according to the National Institutes of Health. These figures are expected to increase as the population ages: The average age of onset is about 60. The disorder appears to be slightly more common in men than women.

Additional authors on the paper are Qian Jiang, Ph.D., postdoctoral associate, and Zhen Yan, Ph.D., associate professor, both in the UB Department of Physiology and Biophysics. Feng and Yan are members of the Neurodegenerative Disease Team with UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences.

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Contact: Lois Baker
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18-Apr-2006

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