Metformin Prevents Nigrostriatal Dopamine Degeneration Independent of AMPK Activation in Dopamine Neurons

Metformin is a widely prescribed drug used to treat type-2 diabetes, although recent studies show it has wide ranging effects to treat other diseases. Animal and retrospective human studies indicate that Metformin treatment is neuroprotective in Parkinson’s Disease (PD), although the neuroprotective...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Bayliss, Jacqueline A., Lemus, Moyra B., Santos, Vanessa V., Deo, Minh, Davies, Jeffrey S., Kemp, Bruce E., Elsworth, John D., Andrews, Zane B.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4965122/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27467571
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159381
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