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Nicotine-Mediated Recruitment of GABAergic Neurons to a Dopaminergic Phenotype Attenuates Motor Deficits in an Alpha-Synuclein Parkinson's Model.
International journal of molecular sciences - 20 Feb 2023
Lai Jessica IChi, Porcu Alessandra, Romoli Benedetto, Keisler Maria, Manfredsson Fredric P, Powell Susan B, Dulcis Davide
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Previous work revealed an inverse correlation between tobacco smoking and Parkinson's disease (PD) that is associated with nicotine-induced neuroprotection of dopaminergic (DA) neurons against nigrostriatal damage in PD primates and rodent models. Nicotine, a neuroactive component of tobacco, can directly alter the activity of midbrain DA neurons and induce non-DA neurons in the substantia nigra (SN) to acquire a...
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