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Targeting Mitochondria for Neuroprotection in Parkinson's Disease
9 Jan 2012
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SIGNIFICANCE: Several genetic causes of familial Parkinson's disease (PD) have now been identified and include mutations of genes encoding mitochondrial proteins. Mitochondrial complex I toxins can induce dopaminergic cell death and produce a parkinsonian state. Importantly, defects of mitochondrial function have been identified in postmortem substantia nigra from pathologically proven cases of PD. RECENT...
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