Dr. Joseph C. Maroon is a neurosurgeon and a professor at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. His research on Alzheimers and Parkinsons disease focuses on the role of oxidative stress and Day 6 of 15: Glutathione + Parkinson's Disease This is one of the most important posts in this series and one of the most urgently needed. Glutathione in the substantia nigra the Transient glutathione depletion in the substantia nigra compacta is associated with neuroinflammation in rats ScienceDirect Randomized, double'blind, pilot evaluation of intravenous glutathione in Parkinson's disease