In males, SRY expression in the substantia nigra clearly plays a physiologic ... of the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the brain. Currently, there is no cure for Parkinson's disease ...

In a 2015 study, Graybiel found that one of these cell types, D1, sends input to the substantia nigra, which is the brain’s major dopamine-producing center. It took much longer to trace the ...

Substantia nigra. Illustration showing a healthy substantia nigra in a human brain. The substantia ... [+] nigra plays an important role in reward, addiction, and movement. Degeneration of this ...

The following is a summary of “Spatiotemporal neurodegeneration of the substantia nigra and its connecting cortex and ...

These symptoms arise after substantial loss of the dopamine-producing cells in an area of the brain known as the substantia nigra. The 12-month trial, which is funded by an award from charity Cure ...

The misfolded protein accumulates within neurons and damages them. The dopamine-producing cells that are most affected reside in the part of the brain known as the substantia nigra, an area near the ...

"We are cautiously optimistic that we will be able to prevent or even reverse some neurological disabilities with this ...