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Impaired nigrostriatal function precedes behavioral deficits in a genetic mitochondrial model of Parkinson's disease
13 Jan 2011
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ABSTRACT Parkinson's disease (PD) involves progressive loss of nigrostriatal dopamine (DA) neurons over an extended period of time. Mitochondrial damage may lead to PD, and neurotoxins affecting mitochondria are widely used to produce degeneration of the nigrostriatal circuitry. Deletion of the mitochondrial transcription factor A gene ( Tfαm ) in C57BL6 mouse DA neurons leads to a slowly progressing parkinsonian...
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