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Abstract
ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels directly couple the metabolic state of a cell to its electrical activity. Dopaminergic midbrain neurons express alternative types of K(ATP) channels mediating their differential response to mitochondrial complex I inhibition. Because reduced complex I activity is present in Parkinson's Disease, differential K(ATP) channel expression suggests a novel candidate mechanism for selective dopaminergic degeneration.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11572924 DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.2001.16.5.214
Source DB: PubMed Journal: News Physiol Sci ISSN: 0886-1714