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Detrimental deletions: mitochondria, aging and Parkinson's disease

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Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Weight: 72 KB
Volume: 28
Category: Article
ISSN: 0265-9247
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20471

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Abstract

As individuals enter their 80s, they are inevitably confronted with the problem of neuronal loss in the brain. The incidence of the common movement disorder ‘mild parkinsonian signs’ (MPS) is approximately 50% over the age of 85 years. It has long been known that the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta is a neuropathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD). Recently, two papers1,2 present clear evidence for a high burden of mitochondrial DNA deletions within substantia nigra neurons in aged individuals and individuals with PD, pointing towards a common pathway inevitably leading to neuronal dysfunction and death. BioEssays 28: 963–967, 2006. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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