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A channel to neurodegeneration

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In people with Parkinson disease, neurons in certain brain regions are more likely to die than others. A potassium channel may be the key to understanding this differential neuronal death.

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Figure 1: In Parkinson disease, only certain dopamine neurons in adjacent regions of the midbrain are lost; Liss et al. report a potential explanation.

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  1. Departments of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, the National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence at Vanderbilt University,

    Ariel Y Deutch & Danny G Winder

  2. Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and the National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence at Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, 37212, Tennessee, USA

    Ariel Y Deutch & Danny G Winder

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Deutch, A., Winder, D. A channel to neurodegeneration. Nat Med 12, 17–18 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0106-17

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