Oxidative stress and Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson disease is a chronic, progressive neurological disease that is associated with a loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra of the brain. The molecular mechanisms underlying the loss of these neurons still remain elusive. Oxidative stress is thought to play an important role in d...

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Main Authors: Javier eBlesa, Ines eTrigo-Damas, Anna eQuiroga-Varela, Vernice Ruffin Jackson-Lewis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnana.2015.00091/full