Manganese Neurotoxicity: An Update of Pathophysiologic Mechanisms
@article{Normandin2004ManganeseNA, title={Manganese Neurotoxicity: An Update of Pathophysiologic Mechanisms}, author={Louise Normandin and Alan S. Hazell}, journal={Metabolic Brain Disease}, year={2004}, volume={17}, pages={375-387} }
The central nervous system, and the basal ganglia in particular, is an important target in manganese neurotoxicity, a disorder producing neurological symptoms similar to that of Parkinson's disease. Increasing evidence suggests that astrocytes are a site of early dysfunction and damage; chronic exposure to manganese leads to selective dopaminergic dysfunction, neuronal loss, and gliosis in basal ganglia structures together with characteristic astrocytic changes known as Alzheimer type II…
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