Efficacy and mechanism of statins in prevention and treatment of Parkinson disease: recent progress
Jiang Xiu-feng · Academic Journal of Second Military Medical University · 2011
Statins are a class of hypolipidemic drugs,and they are HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors.Statins are pleiotropic;recent studies have suggested that they might have a potential for prevention and treatment of Parkinson disease.This paper reviews recent researches about the roles of statins in the prevention and therapy of Parkinson disease in the nearest few years.