'Rejuvenation' protects neurons in mouse models of Parkinson's disease - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2007 Jun 28;447(7148):1081-6.

doi: 10.1038/nature05865. Epub 2007 Jun 10.

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• PMID: 17558391
• DOI: 10.1038/nature05865

'Rejuvenation' protects neurons in mouse models of Parkinson's disease

C Savio Chan et al. Nature. 2007.

Abstract

Why dopamine-containing neurons of the brain's substantia nigra pars compacta die in Parkinson's disease has been an enduring mystery. Our studies suggest that the unusual reliance of these neurons on L-type Ca(v)1.3 Ca2+ channels to drive their maintained, rhythmic pacemaking renders them vulnerable to stressors thought to contribute to disease progression. The reliance on these channels increases with age, as juvenile dopamine-containing neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta use pacemaking mechanisms common to neurons not affected in Parkinson's disease. These mechanisms remain latent in adulthood, and blocking Ca(v)1.3 Ca2+ channels in adult neurons induces a reversion to the juvenile form of pacemaking. Such blocking ('rejuvenation') protects these neurons in both in vitro and in vivo models of Parkinson's disease, pointing to a new strategy that could slow or stop the progression of the disease.

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• Neurophysiology: stressful pacemaking.
  Bean BP. Bean BP. Nature. 2007 Jun 28;447(7148):1059-60. doi: 10.1038/4471059a. Nature. 2007. PMID: 17597746 No abstract available.

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