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Allopregnanolone increases the number of dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra of a triple transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.
Current Alzheimer research - 1 May 2012
Sun Chenyou, Ou Xiaoming, Farley Jerry M, Stockmeier Craig, Bigler Steven, Brinton Roberta Diaz, Wang Jun Ming
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More than a third of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients show nigrostriatal pathway disturbances, resulting in akinesia (inability to initiate movement) and bradykinesia (slowness of movement). The high prevalence of this dysfunction of dopaminergic neuron in the nigrostriatal pathway in AD suggest...
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