Brain iron pathways and their relevance to Parkinson's disease
Open Access
- 15 October 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Neurochemistry
- Vol. 79 (2), 225-236
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-4159.2001.00608.x
Abstract
A central role of iron in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD), due to its increase in substantia nigra pars compacta dopaminergic neurons and reactive microglia and its capacity to enhance p...Keywords
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