Toshiharu Nagatsu   Akira Nakashima   Hirohisa Watanabe   Shosuke Ito   Kazumasa Wakamatsu   Fabio A. Zucca   Luigi Zecca   Moussa Youdim   Maximilian Wulf   Peter Riederer   Johannes M. Dijkstra   
Journal of Neural Transmission 2023年3月
Abstract
The dark pigment neuromelanin (NM) is abundant in cell bodies of dopamine (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra (SN) and norepinephrine (NE) neurons in the locus coeruleus (LC) in the human brain. During the progression of Parkinson’s dis...
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Neopterin (NP), biopterin (BP) and monapterin (MP) exist in saliva. The physiological role of salivary NP as well as the pathophysiological role of increased NP in the immune-activated state has been unclear. Saliva is a c...
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) 2020年8月 [査読有り]
5'-Nucleotidase domain-containing protein 2 (NT5DC2) has been revealed by genome-wide association studies (GWAS) as a gene implicated in neuropsychiatric disorders related to the abnormality of dopamine (DA) activity in the brain. Based on its ami...
Nakashima A   Yamaguchi H   Kodani Y   Kaneko YS   Kawata M   Nagasaki H   Nagatsu T   Ota A   
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 516(4) 1060-1065 2019年7月 [査読有り]
Several reports on different in vitro and in vivo models have revealed neuroprotective effects afforded by nicotine treatment. Nicotine is a cognitive enhancer that acts by increasing vigilance and improving learning and memory. We previously repo...
PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY SERIES B-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 82(10) 388-415 2006年12月
Catecholamines [dopamine, noradrenaline (norepinephrine), and adrenaline (epinephrine); CAs] are neurotransmitters in the central and peripheral nervous systems as well as hormones in the endocrine system. CAs in the brain play a central role in v...
PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY SERIES A-MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES 82(10) 388-415 2006年12月
Catecholamines [dopamine, noradrenaline (norepinephrine), and adrenaline (epinephrine); CAs] are neurotransmitters in the central and peripheral nervous systems as well as hormones in the endocrine system. CAs in the brain play a central role in v...