Is levodopa toxic? Insights from pathological studies

The relationship between two pathological hallmarks of Parkinson’s disease (PD), i.e. selective loss of dopaminergic cells in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) and intracytoplasmic aggregation of α-synuclein (αS) protein in Lewy bodies (LBs) in the surviving nerve cells, is still unresolved....

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Main Authors: Parkkinen, L, Lees, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Excerpta Medica 2013