Is Parkinson's disease a progressive siderosis of substantia nigra resulting in iron and melanin induced neurodegeneration?

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 80, Issue , 1989, Pages 47-54

  Youdim, M B H ^a,c   Ben Shachar D ^a,c   Riederer, P ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

free radicals; iron; melanin; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

IRON; MELANIN; NEUROMELANIN; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING);

ARTICLE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGENERATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMAN; IRON; MELANINS; PARKINSON DISEASE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 84996111069     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1989.tb01782.x     Document Type: Article

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