On the function of neuromelanin
- 22 April 1996
- journal article
- review article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings Of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
- Vol. 263 (1369) , 487-489
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1996.0073
Abstract
The hypothesis is presented, based on the chemical structure of neuromelanin, that one of its functions in the catecholamine neurons in the brain is to protect the cell against toxic quinones (such...Keywords
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