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3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine Reverses the Motor Deficits in Pitx3-Deficient<i>Aphakia</i>Mice: Behavioral Characterization of a Novel Genetic Model of Parkinson's Disease
23 Feb 2005
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by a loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. There is a need for genetic animal models of PD for screening and in vivo testing of novel restorative therapeutic agents. Although current genetic models of PD produce behavioral impairment and nigrostriatal dysfunction, they do not reproduce the loss of midbrain dopaminergic neurons...
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