Oxidative stress and Parkinson's Disease

• Main Authors: Javier eBlesa (Author), Ines eTrigo-Damas (Author), Anna eQuiroga-Varela (Author), Vernice Ruffin Jackson-Lewis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2015-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Parkinson disease is a chronic, progressive neurological disease that is associated with a loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra of the brain. The molecular mechanisms underlying the loss of these neurons still remain elusive. Oxidative stress is thought to play an important role in d...