Parkinsonian dementia

Parkinsonian dementia
  A neurological disease sometimes associated with cycad toxicity in humans, e.g. the Chamorro people of Guam who traditionally ate the seeds of Cycas micronesica have exhibited symptoms of this disease.
  See also amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Expanded glossary of Cycad terms . 2014.

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