Parkinson's disease and a dopamine-derived neurotoxin, 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde : implications for proteins, microglia, and neurons
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a prevalent neurodegenerative disorder for which the greatest risk factor is age. Four to five percent of 85-year-olds suffer from this debilitating disease, which is characterized by the selective loss of dopaminergic neurons within the substantia nigra and the pres...
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University of Iowa
2012
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| Online Access: | https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1592 https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5644&context=etd |