Browsing by Author "Zucca, Fabio A."

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    • Interactions of iron, dopamine and neuromelanin pathways in brain aging and Parkinson's disease 
      Zucca, Fabio A.; Segura Aguilar, Juan; Ferrari, Emanuele; Muñoz, Patricia; Paris Pizarro, Irmgard; Sulzer, David; Sarna, Tadeusz; Casella, Luigi; Zecca, Luigi (Elsevier, 2017)
      There are several interrelated mechanisms involving iron, dopamine, and neuromelanin in neurons. Neuromelanin accumulates during aging and is the catecholamine-derived pigment of the dopamine neurons of the substantia ...
    • Protective and toxic roles of dopamine in Parkinson's disease 
      Segura Aguilar, Juan; Paris Pizarro, Irmgard; Muñoz, Patricia; Ferrari, Emanuele; Zecca, Luigi; Zucca, Fabio A. (International Society for Neurochemistry,, 2014)
      The molecular mechanisms causing the loss of dopaminergic neurons containing neuromelanin in the substantia nigra and responsible for motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are still unknown. The discovery of genes ...