Locus coeruleus: A brain region exhibiting neuronal alterations in Parkinson’s disease rat model

Toxic insults lead to increased α-synuclein expression in dopaminergic neurons. However, little information is known about α-synuclein alterations in relation to tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) changes in locus coeruleus (LC) of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) rat model for Parkinson’s...

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Main Author: Samah M. Fathy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2015-05-01
Series:Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090989615000545