participants had had their level of parkinsonian signs assessed while they were alive, and after they died the researchers looked at their brains. They then looked at whether there was a relationship between level of parkinsonian signs and any brain changes seen.

The Religious Order Study is a study primarily aimed at investigating potential causes of dementia and cognitive impairment. The study recruited older members of the religious clergy who had not been diagnosed with dementia when they enrolled. The participants were assessed every year. This included an assessment measuring their levels of parkinsonian signs. This assessment provided an overall parkinsonian sign score, as well as individual scores for walking stride (gait), slowness of movement, rigidity and tremor.

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Credit Suisse has sold about half as much as targeted of a contingent-capital bond. "We had good attendance at the road show in Zurich and Geneva on Monday, with around 80 attendees in total," said Dominique Kunz, head of Swiss debt capital markets. "Feedback at the time was very positive, but when the market tanked on Tuesday, some of that demand fell away. With 90 orders from pretty much every private bank in the country, we saw good breadth of demand despite challenging market conditions."

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