Parkinson's disease research in Morocco: a review

Abstract

Aim: To quantify and provide an overview on the scientific productivity made by Moroccan academics in the research on Parkinson's disease (PD) and parkinsonism. Materials & methods: Scientific articles, in either English or French, were gathered from published literature in three recognized databases: PubMed, ScienceDirect and Scopus. Results: We identified 95 published papers from which 39 articles have been extracted after removing inadequate publications and duplications between databases. All articles were published between 2006 and 2021. The selected articles were subdivided into five categories. Conclusion: The Moroccan academia is presently facing a low productivity issues and a lack of research laboratories focusing on PD research. We anticipate that providing more budgetary funds will significantly improve the productivity of PD research.