Review
POLISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY  (2002)

Oxidation of dopamine to aminochrome as a mechanism for neurodegeneration of dopaminergic systems in Parkinson's disease. Possible neuroprotective role of DT-diaphorase

Graumann R; Paris, I; Martinez-Alvarado, P; Rumanque P; Perez-Pastene, C; Cardenas sp; Marin, P; Diaz-Grez, F; Caviedes R.; Caviedes P.; Segura-Aguilar, J

Keywords: cerebrospinal-fluid, superoxide-dismutase, dopamine, neurotoxicity, o-quinones, neuromelanin, possible markers, dt-diaphorase, catecholamines, parkinson disease, one-electron reduction, neuronal cell-line, substantia-nigra