Increased Iron in the Substantia Nigra Compacta of the MPTP‐Lesioned Hemiparkinsonian African Green Monkey: Evidence from Proton Microprobe Elemental Microanalysis

Abstract
The association of free radicals and particularly free iron in the pathogenesis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease and MPTP‐induced parkinsonism remains controversial. Whereas the actual ca...