What causes tremors in Parkinson’s disease?

Written by Marisa Wexler, MS |

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What causes tremors in Parkinson’s disease?

Category: Symptoms

Like many other symptoms of Parkinson’s, tremor is caused by a lack of dopamine signaling. Dopamine is a chemical that nerves use to communicate with each other and the rest of the body. Parkinson’s is caused by the death and dysfunction of brain cells responsible for making dopamine.

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Marisa Wexler, MS Marisa holds a Master of Science in cellular and molecular pathology from the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied novel genetic drivers of ovarian cancer. Her areas of expertise include cancer biology, immunology, and genetics, and she has worked as a science writing and communications intern for the Genetics Society of America.


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