THE ROLE OF NEUROMELANN IN AGING AND PARKINSON DISEASE

Pubblicazioni Scientifiche

• BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY

  Iron-binding characteristics of neuromelanin of the human substantia nigra

• FASEB JOURNAL

  Activation of microglia by human neuromelanin is NF-κB-dependent and involves p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase:: implications for Parkinson's disease

• FEBS LETTERS

  The structure of neuromelanin and its iron binding site studied by infrared spectroscopy

• FEBS LETTERS

  The absolute concentration of nigral neuromelanin, assayed by a new sensitive method, increases throughout the life and is dramatically decreased in Parkinson's disease

• JOURNAL OF NEURAL TRANSMISSION-SUPPLEMENT

  The neuromelanin of human substantia nigra: structure, synthesis and molecular behaviour

• JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

  Interaction of human substantia nigra neuromelanin with lipids and peptides

• JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

  Iron, neuromelanin and ferritin content in the substantia nigra of normal subjects at different ages:: consequences for iron storage and neurodegenerative processes

• PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

  Neuromelanin biosynthesis is driven by excess cytosolic catecholamines not accumulated by synaptic vesicles

• TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

  Neuromelanin of the substantia nigra: a neuronal black hole with protective and toxic characteristics