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Abstract
The controversy about whether dopamine contributes to cell loss in Parkinson's disease takes a new turn as Mosharov et al. in this issue of Neuron demonstrate that Ca2+ influx through L-type channels elevates dopamine synthesis to potentially toxic levels in vulnerable ventral mesencephalon neurons.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19409260 DOI： 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.04.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neuron ISSN： 0896-6273 Impact factor: 17.173