Selective dopaminergic vulnerability: 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde targets mitochondria

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a major cause of age-related morbidity and mortality, present in nearly 1% of individuals at ages 70–79 and ∼2.5% of individuals at age 85. L-DOPA (L-dihydroxyphenylalanine), which is metabolized to dopamine by dopa decarboxylase, is the primary therapy for PD, but may al...

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Veröffentlicht in:Free radical biology & medicine 2001-04, Vol.30 (8), p.924-931
Hauptverfasser: Kristal, Bruce S, Conway, Ann D, Brown, Abraham M, Jain, Jinesh C, Ulluci, Paul A, Li, Shu Wen, Burke, William J
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