Brain Iron Accumulation in Atypical Parkinsonian Syndromes: in vivo MRI Evidences for Distinctive Patterns

Recent data suggest mechanistic links among perturbed iron homeostasis, oxidative stress, and misfolded protein aggregation in neurodegenerative diseases. Iron overload and toxicity toward dopaminergic neurons have been established as playing a role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (P...

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Main Authors: Jae-Hyeok Lee, Myung-Sik Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2019.00074/full