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Ablation of serum response factor in dopaminergic neurons exacerbates susceptibility towards MPTP-induced oxidative stress.
The European journal of neuroscience - 1 Mar 2012
Rieker Claus, Schober Andreas, Bilbao Ainhoa, Schütz Günther, Parkitna Jan Rodriguez
Abstract excerpt
The high susceptibility of dopaminergic (DA) neurons to cellular stress is regarded as a primary cause of Parkinson's disease. Here we investigate the role of the serum response factor (SRF), an important regulator of anti-apoptotic responses, for the survival of DA neurons in mice. We show that loss of SRF in DA neurons does not affect their viability and does not influence dopamine-dependent behaviors. However,...
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