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Pioglitazone ameliorates the phenotype of a novel Parkinson's disease mouse model by reducing neuroinflammation.
Molecular neurodegeneration - 2 Apr 2016
Pinto Milena, Nissanka Nadee, Peralta Susana, Brambilla Roberta, Diaz Francisca, Moraes Carlos T
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BACKGROUND: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor and non-motor symptoms. The cause of the motor symptoms is the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra with consequent depletion of dopamine in the striatum. Although the etiology of PD is unknown, mitochondrial dysfunctions, including cytochrome c oxidase (Complex IV) impairment in dopaminergic...
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