INTERACTION OF VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORTER 2 (VMAT2) AND NEUROMELANIN PIGMENT AMONG THE MIDBRAIN DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS, IN MAN

Neuromelanin (NM) pigment accumulates with age in catecholaminergic neurons in man, and the ventral substantia nigra dopaminergic neurons that are the most vulnerable to degeneration in Parkinson's disease (PD) contain the greatest amount of this pigment. In vitro data indicate that NM pigment...

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Main Authors: P. Pasbakhsh, D.C. German N. Omidi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2004-02-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
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Online Access:https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/2680