Starburst amacrine cells, involved in visual motion perception, lose their synaptic input from dopaminergic amacrine cells and degenerate in Parkinson’s disease patients
Abstract Background The main clinical symptoms characteristic of Parkinson’s disease (PD) are bradykinesia, tremor, and other motor deficits. However, non-motor symptoms, such as visual disturbances, can be identified at early stages of the disease. One of these symptoms is the impairment of visual...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-04-01
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| Series: | Translational Neurodegeneration |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40035-023-00348-y |