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The year 2017 marks 200 years since James Parkinson'sAn Essay on the Shaking Palsywas published. In this Timeline article, Serge Przedborski provides an overview of the various avenues of research into Parkinson disease that have been pursued over these two centuries to better understand this neurodegenerative disorder.