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Neuromelanin and iron in human locus coeruleus and substantia nigra during aging: consequences for neuronal vulnerability

Fabio A. Zucca, Chiara Bellei, Serena Giannelli, Mariarosa Terreni, Marialucia Gallorini, E. Rizzio, Gianni Pezzoli, Alberto Albertini, Luigi Zecca

Journal of Neural Transmission · 2006 · 130 citations · 34 references

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Brain dopamine and the syndromes of Parkinson and Huntington Clinical, morphological and neurochemical correlations

H. Bernheimer, W Birkmayer, Oleh Hornykiewicz et al. · Journal of the Neurological Sciences · 1973 · 2.7K citations

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Melanized dopaminergic neurons are differentially susceptible to degeneration in Parkinson's disease

Étienne C. Hirsch, Ann M. Graybiel, Yves Agid · Nature · 1988 · 1.3K citations

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Increased Nigral Iron Content and Alterations in Other Metal Ions Occurring in Brain in Parkinson's Disease

David T. Dexter, F. R. Wells, Alyssa Lee et al. · Journal of Neurochemistry · 1989 · 1.1K citations

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Neuronal Loss Is Greater in the Locus Coeruleus Than Nucleus Basalis and Substantia Nigra in Alzheimer and Parkinson Diseases

Chris Zarow, Scott A. Lyness, James A. Mortimer et al. · Archives of Neurology · 2003 · 999 citations

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Evidence of active nerve cell degeneration in the substantia nigra of humans years after 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine exposure

J. William Langston, Lysia S. Forno, James W. Tetrud et al. · Annals of Neurology · 1999 · 969 citations

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