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BRAIN, SKELETAL MUSCLE AND PLATELET HOMOGENATE MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE
1 Jan 1992
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The recent discovery of mitochondrial complex I deficiency in the substantia nigra of patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease has provided new understanding into the possible mechanisms that may underlie this neurodegenerative disorder. The biochemical defect is identical to that induced in humans, primates and mice exposed to the neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine. We have studied...
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