A neutral N-methyltransferase activity in the striatum determines the level of an endogenous MPP+-like neurotoxin, 1,2-dimethyl-6,7-dihydroxyisoquinolinium ion, in the substantia nigra of human brains
- 1 October 1997
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Neuroscience Letters
- Vol. 235 (1-2) , 81-84
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0304-3940(97)00723-4
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