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Phenotype, compartmental organization and differential vulnerability of nigral dopaminergic neurons.
Journal of neural transmission. Supplementum - 1 Jan 2009
González-Hernández Tomás, Afonso-Oramas Domingo, Cruz-Muros Ignacio
Abstract excerpt
The degeneration of nigral dopaminergic (DA-) neurons is the histopathologic hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD), but not all nigral DA-cells show the same susceptibility to degeneration. This starts in DA-cells in the ventrolateral and caudal regions of the susbtantia nigra (SN) and progresses to DA-cells in the dorsomedial and rostral regions of the SN and the ventral tegmental area, where many neurons remain...
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