Vulnerability of mesostriatal dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson’s disease

The term vulnerability was first associated with the midbrain dopaminergic neurons eighty-five years ago, before they were identified as monoaminergic neurons, when Foix and Nicolesco (1925) reported the loss of neuromelanin containing neurons in the midbrain of patients with post-encephalitic Park...

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Main Authors: Tomás González-Hernández, Ignacio Cruz-Muros, Domingo Afonso-Oramas, Josmar Salas-Hernández, Javier CastroHernández
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnana.2010.00140/full