title: Historical perspectives and memories of progressive supranuclear palsy.
abstract: Parkinsonism recalls James Parkinson of London and his description of six patients with "paralysis agitans" in 1817, which neurologist Jean-Marie Charcot renamed Parkinson disease. Its variants, referred to as atypical parkinsonian disorders, are the subject of this issue of Seminars in Neurology through which we continue a journey toward understanding the pathogenesis of these diverse neurodegenerative diseases that are sometimes genetically determined, but are more often sporadic and without familial occurrence.
authors: Micronesian Health Study II, Guam.
authors: John C
authors: JC
authors: Steele
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*; D013494:Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology