Identification of Parkinsons Disease using Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System

Abstract

Brain is one of the largest and most complex organs in the human body that serves as the newlinecenter of the nervous system. It receives information from the senses and the body, processes it newlineand sends message back to the body. It controls all the functions of the body. It also interprets newlineinformation from the outside world. Neurons also called nerve cells are the building blocks of the newlinenervous system which includes the brain and the spinal cord. They are information messengers newlinewhich use electrical impulses and chemical signals to transmit information between different newlineareas of the brain, and between the brain and the rest of the nervous system. In short, neurons newlinemake learning possible. newlineHumans are born with specific number of neurons. As we age, these cells have a natural newlinedeath. We are born with hundreds of billions of neurons in our brain and have plenty of extra newlinenerve cells for proper working in spite of the losses under normal condition. Nerve cells do not newlinereproduce or replace themselves when something goes wrong. Some cells like blood, liver cells newlinemultiply in our body to replace the lost tissue. But neurons do not multiply nor do they newlinereproduce. So when they become damaged or when they die, they cannot be replaced by the newlinebody. newlineNeurodegeneration is the progressive loss of function of the neurons including the death newlineof neurons. Examples of neurodegenerative diseases include Parkinson s, Alzheimer and newlineHuntington s disease. Neurological diseases are diseases that affect the brain and the central and newlineautonomic nervous systems. There are more than 600 neurological diseases. Neurological newlinediseases affect the entire neurological pathway or a single neuron resulting in dysfunction. newlineParkinson s disease is a chronic (long term), progressive (progresses slowly), newlinedegenerative (cannot be brought to normalcy) and the second largest neurological disorder next newlineto Alzheimer s disease accompanied by both motor and non-motor symptoms. Parkinson s newlinedisease is a worldwide phenomenon seen across all the cultures and estimated to af