Global Parkinson's gene map uncovers regional differences across 11 world regions

Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease worldwide after Alzheimer's disease and, according to the World Health Organization, one of the fastest-growing neurological disorders.

Yet genetic research into the disease has so far relied almost exclusively on people of European ancestry.

This is a problem because the genetic causes of the disease depend strongly on a person's ancestry. ...