Does Proteosome Inhibition Decrease or Accelerate Toxin-Induced Dopaminergic Neurodegeneration?

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is pathologically characterized by dopaminergic (DA) cell death and the presence of Lewy bodies (LB) in the brain. α-Synuclein (α-syn) and ubiquitin (Ub) are the major components of LB, however, the process of their accumulation and their relationship to DA cell loss has not...

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Main Authors: Rieko Setsuie, Tomohiro Kabuta, Keiji Wada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2005-01-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861319322613